numerical

English

Etymology

numeric +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /n(j)uˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kəl/, [n(j)uˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kl̩]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /n(j)ʉˈmeɹ.ɪ.kəl/, [n(j)ʉˈmeɹ.ɪ.kl̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪkəl

Adjective

numerical (comparative more numerical, superlative most numerical)

1. Of or pertaining to numbers.
   • 2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org‎^[1], 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.

2. (obsolete) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, “Dedication”, in The Church History of Britain, volume 2, London: Thomas Tegg and Son, published 1837, page 3:

     But would to God that all my fellow-brethren, which with me bemoan the loss of their books, with me might rejoice for the recovery thereof, though not the same numerical volumes!

   • 1694 April 29, Robert South, “Christianity Mysterious, and the Wisdom of God in Making it So: Proved in a Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey”, in Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1842, page 189:

     For who ever was yet seen by them, after a total consumption into dust and ashes, to rise again, and to resume the same numerical body?

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to numbers): numeric; see also Thesaurus:numerical
• (the same in number): numeric

Antonyms

• nonnumerical
• unnumerical

Derived terms

• numerical adjective
• numerical analysis
• numerical control
• numerical derivative
• numerical differentiation
• numerical integration
• numerical linear algebra
• numerically
• numerical noun
• numerical stability
• numerical taxonomist
• numerical taxonomy

 

Related terms

• numeric
• number

Translations

of or pertaining to numbers

• Arabic: عَدَدِيّ (ʕadadiyy)
• Armenian: թվային (hy) (tʻvayin)
• Belarusian: лі́кавы (líkavy)
• Bulgarian: числен (bg) (čislen), цифров (cifrov)
• Catalan: numèric (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 數值的／数值的 (zh) (shùzhí de)

• Czech: číselný (cs), numerický
• Danish: numerisk
• Dutch: numeriek (nl)
• Finnish: numeerinen (fi), lukumääräinen (fi)
• French: numérique (fr)
• Galician: numérico (gl)
• German: numerisch (de), nummerisch (de), ^{(please verify)} in Zahlen ausgedrückt, zahlenmäßig (de)
• Greek: αριθμητικός (el) (arithmitikós)
• Hungarian: számszerű (hu)
• Irish: uimhriúil
• Italian: numerico (it)
• Japanese: 数値の (ja) (すうちの, sūchi no)
• Kazakh: шифрлық (şifrlyq)
• Korean: 수치의 (ko) (suchiui)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: numerisk, tallmessig (no)

  Nynorsk: numerisk

• Occitan: numeric (oc)
• Persian: عددی (fa) ('adadi)
• Polish: numeryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: numérico (pt)
• Romanian: numeric (ro)
• Russian: числово́й (ru) (čislovój), цифрово́й (ru) (cifrovój)
• Scottish Gaelic: àireamhach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нумѐричкӣ

  Roman: numèričkī (sh)

• Slovak: číselný, numerický
• Spanish: numérico (es)
• Swedish: numerisk (sv)
• Tagalog: pabilangin
• Telugu: సంఖ్యాత్మక (saṅkhyātmaka)
• Turkish: sayısal (tr), sayıca (tr), sayısal olarak, sayıya ait, sayı olarak, nümerik (medicine, military)
• Ukrainian: числови́й (čyslovýj), цифрови́й (uk) (cyfrovýj)
• Welsh: rhifiadol, niferiadol, rhifol

Anagrams

• ceruminal, melanuric