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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
nu·mer·al       [noo-mer-uhl, nyoo-; noom-ruhl, nyoom-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number: the Roman numerals.
–adjective
2.of, pertaining to, or consisting of numbers or numerals.
3.expressing or noting a number or numbers.
[Origin: 1520–30; < LL numerālis of, belonging to number, equiv. to L numer(us) number + -ālis -al1]
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nu·mer·al       (nōō'mər-əl, nyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A symbol or mark used to represent a number.
  2. numerals The numbers, usually the last two digits, indicating by year a graduating class in a school or college.

adj.   Of, relating to, or representing numbers.


[From Middle English, of number, from Late Latin numerālis, from Latin numerus, number; see number.]

nu'mer·al·ly adv.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
numeral 
1530, from M.Fr. numéral (1474), from L.L. numeralis "of or belonging to a number," from L. numerus "number" (see number).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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numeral

adjective
1. of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective" 

noun
1. a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" 

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numeral       (n'mər-əl)  Pronunciation Key 
A symbol or mark used to represent a number.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
numeral

A word or symbol used to represent a number.


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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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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.

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