Crossword clues for numeric
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Numeric \Nu*mer"ic\, Numerical \Nu*mer"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. num['e]rique. See Number, n.]
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Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.
Note: 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.
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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.
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relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; as, tests for rating numerical aptitude. Contrasted with verbal.
Syn: mathematical.
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.
Numeric \Nu*mer"ic\, n. (Math.) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + n[root]-1, where m and n are real numerics.
Wiktionary
a. Of, or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9. n. (context mathematics English) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective"; "numerical analysis" [syn: numeral, numerical]
measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: numerical]
designated by or expressed in numbers; "numerical symbols"; "a very simple numeric code"; "numerical equations" [syn: numerical]
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "numeric".
Above each of these large gates is a numeric clock similar to the one that you remember from the weightless bottle, though presently invisible.
All it warranted in the ship's database was a line of comment and a scrawl of terse numerics.
Stoat flipped open his cell phone, dialed the nonlisted number to his den, and punched in the numeric code of his answering machine.
The inner door is computerized and encoded and appears to take a numeric code and a palm print.
Before getting in, Ekdol pressed the pound sign on the numeric keypad.