Definition of numeral

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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..

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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..
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)..
Chronogram :: Chronogram (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
Distributive :: Distributive (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral..
Figure :: Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten..
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..
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..
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..
#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..
L :: L () As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language..
Number :: Number (n.) A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door..
Numerally :: Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.
Scale :: Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc..
Ponderal :: Ponderal (a.) Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma..
M :: M () As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin..
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..
Figure :: Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc..
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