Definition of numeral

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Numeral (n.) 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..

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Some :: Some (a.) About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence..
Ponderal :: Ponderal (a.) Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma..
Number :: Number (n.) A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door..
Figure :: Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals; also, to compute..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
L :: L () As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language..
Numeral :: Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.
V :: V () As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin..
Fold :: Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four..
Roman :: Roman (a.) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc..
I :: I () As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc..
Number :: Number (n.) To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building..
Chronogram :: Chronogram (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632..
M :: M () As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin..
C :: C () As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc..
Numerally :: Numerally (adv.) According to number; in number; numerically.
Scale :: Scale (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc..
Figure :: Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc..
D :: D () As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign / (or / ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000..
Distributive :: Distributive (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral..
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