Nu"mer*al (?), a. [L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf. F. numéral. See Number, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

A long train of numeral progressions.

2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.

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.

• A word or symbol representing a number.
       The word "fifteen", the Arabic numeral "15", and the Roman numeral "XV" are all numerals representing the number fifteen.
  
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