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nu⋅mer⋅al

  [noo-mer-uhl, nyoo-; noom-ruhl, nyoom-]
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–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 -al 1
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nu·mer·al   (nōō'mər-əl, nyōō'-)   
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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Cultural Dictionary

numeral

A word or symbol used to represent a number.

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Word Origin & History

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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