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Webster 1913 Edition
Numeral
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 tenNu′mer-al
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Numeral
NU'MERAL
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to number; consisting of number.The dependence of a long train of numeral progressions.
2.
Expressing number; representing number; standing as a substitute for figures; as numeral letters; as X for 10; L for fifty; C for 100; D for 500; M for 1000.3.
Expressing numbers; as numeral characters. The figures we now use to express numbers are 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 0. They are said to be of Arabian origin; but the Arabians might have received them from India. This is a controverted question.