Category:Numeric

Nu*mer"ic, nu*mer"ic*al, a. Etym: [cf. F. numérique. See number, n.]

1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; Expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a Numerical equation; a numerical statement.

Note: numerical, as opposed to algebraical, is used to denote a value Irrespective of its sign; thus, -5 is numerically greater than -3, Though algebraically less.

2.2. The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, The same numerical body. [obs.] South. Would to god that all my fellow brethren, which with me bemoan the Loss of their books,. . . might rejoice for the recovery thereof, Though not the same numerical volumes. Fuller. Numerical equation (alg.), an equation which has all the quantities Except the unknown expressed in numbers; -- distinguished from Literal equation. -- numerical value of an equation or expression, that deduced by Substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing.

Numeric Nu*mer"ic, n. (math.)

Defn: any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable Ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nsq. Root-1, where m and n are real numerics.