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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Numeral  \Nu"mer*al\,  a.  [L.  numeralis  fr  numerus  number:  cf 
  F.  num['e]ral.  See  {Number},  n.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  number;  consisting  of  number  or 
  numerals. 
 
  A  long  train  of  numeral  progressions.  --Locke. 
 
  2.  Expressing  number;  representing  number;  as  numeral 
  letters  or  characters,  as  X  or  10  for  ten 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Numeral  \Nu"mer*al\,  n. 
  1.  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 
 
  2.  A  word  expressing  a  number. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  numeral 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  denoting  numbers;  "a  numeral 
  adjective";  "numerical  analysis"  [syn:  {numerical},  {numeric}] 
  n  :  a  symbol  used  to  represent  a  number;  "he  learned  to  write 
  the  numerals  before  he  went  to  school"  [syn:  {number}] 




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