Definition of numeral

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Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.

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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..
L :: L () As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language..
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..
Scale :: Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc..
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)..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.
Number :: Number (n.) A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
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..
Numerally :: Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.
V :: V () As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin..
Figure :: Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute..
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..
#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..
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..
Distributive :: Distributive (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral..
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..
Figure :: Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc..
C :: C () As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc..
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