Definition of Numerecal
{ Nu*mer"ic (?), Nu*mer"ic*al (?), }
a. [Cf. F. numérique. See
Number, n.]
1. Belonging to number; denoting number;
consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as,
numerical characters; a numerical equation; a
numerical statement.
&fist; 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.
2. The same in number; hence, identically the
same; identical; as, the same numerical body. [Obs.]
South.
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of or pertaining to numbers
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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