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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.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
numerical (comparative more numerical, superlative most numerical)
- of or pertaining to numbers
- 2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 2013-09-08:
- They propose that the brain manages numerical systems with circuitry that is equipped for action related to "more than-less than", "faster-slower", "nearer-farther", "bigger-smaller", computations of "any kind of stuff in the external world". This neural activity allows us to successfully reach, grasp, throw or point. Bueti and Walsh argue further that, "it is on these abilities that discrete numerical abilities hitched an evolutionary ride," given the primitive need to make these kinds of judgments of space and time. Number then, as a measure, is not primary — what comes first is our need to move accurately.
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- (obsolete) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical.
- South
- the same numerical body
- Fuller
- 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.
- South
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