numerical

Adjective
Synonyms: numericnumeralmathematical

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. measured or expressed in numbers“numerical value”“the numerical superiority of the enemy”Synonyms: numeric
  2. of or relating to or denoting numbers“a numeral adjective”Synonyms: numeralnumeric
  3. relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers“tests for rating numerical aptitude”“a mathematical whiz”Synonyms: mathematical
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Numeric \Nu*mer"ic\, Numerical \Nu*mer"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. num['e]rique. See Number, n.] [1913 Webster]

1.Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement. [1913 Webster]

Note: Numerical, as opposed to algebraical, is used to denote a value irrespective of its sign; thus, -5 is numerically greater than -3, though algebraically less. [1913 Webster]

2.The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster]

Would to God that all my fellow brethren, which with me bemoan the loss of their books, . . . might rejoice for the recovery thereof, though not the same numerical volumes.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

3.relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; as, tests for rating numerical aptitude. Contrasted with verbal.

Syn: mathematical. [WordNet 1.5]

Numerical equation (Alg.), an equation which has all the quantities except the unknown expressed in numbers; -- distinguished from literal equation.

Numerical value of an equation or expression, that deduced by substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing. [1913 Webster]

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