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Definition of Numerical

1. Adjective. Measured or expressed in numbers. "The numerical superiority of the enemy"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or denoting numbers. "A numeral adjective"

3. Adjective. Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers. "A mathematical whiz"

Definition of Numerical

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to numbers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Numerical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Numerical

1. 1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement. 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. 2. The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body. "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. " (Fuller) Numerical equation, 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. Origin: Cf. F. Numerique. See Number. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Numerical

numerals numerary numerate numerated numerates numerating numeration numeration system numerations numerative

numerator numerators numeri clausi numeric numeric complement numerical numerical adjective numerical adjectives numerical analysis numerical aperture

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Literary usage of Numerical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"To fill up the vast gap in the resolution of Numerical re- algebraic equations of the higher degrees, solutions of analysts have had recourse to a new order ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"+px* + qx + r = 0, with numerical coefficients, not satisfied by any numerical value of x, we should have to establish a new imaginary j satisfying some ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"But in fact a numerical equation of any order whatever has Always a numerical root, ... The capital theorem as regards numerical equations thus is, ..."

4. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"In Heron the numerical solution c: equations is well established, so that Diophantus was not tk first to treat equations algebraically. ..."

5. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1893)
"(HI + ji - but if n<r + l, the coefficient of JP is Numerical APPROXIMATION BY MEANS OF THE BINOMIAL THEOREM. § 12.] The Binomial Expansion may be used for ..."

6. Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus by William Anthony Granville, Percey Franklyn Smith (1904)
"Numerical or absolute value. By the numerical value or absolute value of a real ... The numerical or absolute value of a is denoted by the symbol |a|. ..."

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