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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUMER'IC, a. [L., number.]
1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; as numerical algebra; numerical characters.
2. Numerical difference, is that by which one individual is distinguished from another. The same numerical body is identically the same.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective" [syn: numeral, numerical, numeric]
2: measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: numeric, numerical]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: circa 1828 numerical; especially denoting a number or a system of numbers <a numeric code> <a numeric sign> II. noun Date: 1879 number, numeral

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Numeric Nu*mer"ic, Numerical Nu*mer"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. num['e]rique. 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. 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. 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 1913 Dictionary

Numeric Nu*mer"ic, n. (Math.) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + n[root]-1, where m and n are real numerics.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also numerical) 1. Numeral. 2. Identical.

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