Definition of numeral

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Numeral (n.) Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

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Ponderal :: Ponderal (a.) Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten..
Distributive :: Distributive (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral..
Figure :: Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc..
Scale :: Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc..
Number :: Number (n.) A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door..
M :: M () As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin..
C :: C () As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc..
I :: I () As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc..
#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) 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..
Roman :: Roman (a.) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc..
Figure :: Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute..
L :: L () As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language..
Some :: Some (a.) About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence..
D :: D () As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign / (or / ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000..
Numerally :: Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.
Alternate :: Alternate (a.) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line..
Distributive :: Distributive (a.) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two)..
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