Definition of numeral

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Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.

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C :: C () As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc..
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..
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..
M :: M () As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin..
Figure :: Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc..
Distributive :: Distributive (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.
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)..
Scale :: Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc..
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..
#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..
I :: I () As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc..
Figure :: Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute..
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..
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..
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..
Numerally :: Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten..
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