Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of numeral is as below...

Numeration :: Numeration (n.) The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method..

Number :: Number (n.) To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building..

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..

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)..

L :: L () As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language..

Distributive :: Distributive (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral..

C :: C () As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc..

Figure :: Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute..

#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 word expressing a number.

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..

M :: M () As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin..

Ponderal :: Ponderal (a.) Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma..

Fold :: Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four..

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..

I :: I () As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc..

V :: V () As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin..

Figure :: Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc..

Numerally :: Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.

Random Fonts

Most Popular