Hypertext Webster Gateway: "numeral"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Numeral \Nu"mer*al\, a. [L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf.
F. num['e]ral. See {Number}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or
numerals.
A long train of numeral progressions. --Locke.
2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral
letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Numeral \Nu"mer*al\, n.
1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the
Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V,
X, L, etc.
2. A word expressing a number.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
numeral
adj : of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral
adjective"; "numerical analysis" [syn: {numerical}, {numeric}]
n : a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write
the numerals before he went to school" [syn: {number}]
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