Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A number or numeral.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
numerical , 2. - noun An abbreviated form of
numerical expression .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Math.) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + n√-1, where m and n are real
numerics . - adjective Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
- adjective obsolete The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical.
- adjective relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers. Contrasted with
verbal . - adjective (Alg.) an equation which has all the quantities except the unknown expressed in numbers; -- distinguished from
literal equation . - adjective of an equation or expression, that deduced by substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to
numbers , especially thecharacters 0 to9 . - noun mathematics Any
number , proper or improperfraction , orincommensurable ratio .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or denoting numbers
- adjective measured or expressed in numbers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I AM NUMBER FOUR focuses on the fate of nine gifted children and their guardians, the sole survivors of a bitter war on their home planet called Lorien, who have settled on Earth under the protection of a charm that means their enemies can only kill them in numeric order.
Disney to Release I Am Number Four in February 2011 | /Film 2010
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I AM NUMBER FOUR focuses on the fate of nine gifted children and their guardians, the sole survivors of a bitter war on their home planet called Lorien, who have settled on Earth under the protection of a charm that means their enemies can only kill them in numeric order.
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I AM NUMBER FOUR focuses on the fate of nine gifted children and their guardians, the sole survivors of a bitter war on their home planet called Lorien, who have settled on Earth under the protection of a charm that means their enemies can only kill them in numeric order.
District 9 Star Sharlto Copley Joins I Am Number Four | /Film 2010
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State accountants and secretaries wielding various combinations of and competencies in numeric and written-word literacies were charged with ensuring the flow of silver to the mint in the state workshops.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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This is a great system and/or argument for wine nerds who might actually talk about a wine's residual sugar, acidity, etc. in numeric terms, but in a consumer-driven industry that has a great deal of subjective loyalties, analysis, and opinions, I really don't see how this system could be implemented.
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Since we've determined Sports is mainly regulated by numbers and the human ability to achieve certain numeric milestones or limits, we realize these numbers don't make great visual content.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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What is interesting is that this recent bout of cold weather across North America was totally unforecasted – even 15 days out; niether medium range forecast models nor the short term numeric models came close to forecasting this event outside of 2 weeks.
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ColdFusion will note the lack of quotes, evaluate the variable and create a variable x with a type of "numeric" - all hidden from you.
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Invalid data for type "numeric" - Data Type Mapping for Oracle Publishers SQL SERVER - Maximum Columns per Primary Key - Fix: Error: Msg 1904, Level 16, The index on table has column names in index key list.
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This one is a Numeric Projection Evaluation that will "assess a recruit’s ability to recognize a variety of patterns in numeric series."
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