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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Numeral

Nū'mer-al, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. numeralis, from numerus, number; It. numerale, Pr., Sp., & Pg. numeral, Fr. numéral.]

Sense 1. Pertaining to number; consisting of number. The dependence of a long train of numeral progressions. Locke.

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

Nū'mer-al, n.

noun
  1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, &c.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, &c.
  2. (Gram.) A word expressing number.