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Webster 1913 Edition
Numerical
1.
Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters;
as,
numerical
characters; a numerical
equation; a numerical
statement.☞ 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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Numerical
NUMER'ICAL
,Adj.
1.
Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; as numerical algebra; numerical characters.2.
Numerical difference, is that by which one individual is distinguished from another. The same numerical body is identically the same.