numeral

[ noo-mer-uhl, nyoo-; noom-ruhl, nyoom- ]

noun

1. a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number:

   the Roman numerals.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of numbers or numerals.
2. expressing or noting a number or numbers.

numeral

/ ˈnjuːmərəl /

noun

1. a symbol or group of symbols used to express a number: for example, 6 ( Arabic ), VI ( Roman ), 110 ( binary )

adjective

1. of, consisting of, or denoting a number

numeral

/ no̅o̅′mər-əl /

1. A symbol or mark used to represent a number.

numeral

1. A word or symbol used to represent a number.

Other Words From

• non·numer·al noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of numeral¹

1520–30; < Late Latin numerālis of, belonging to number, equivalent to Latin numer ( us ) number + -ālis -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of numeral¹

C16: from Late Latin numerālis belonging to number, from Latin numerus number

Example Sentences

There are 15 different cicada broods, which emerge in a specific region of the country and are identified by a Roman numeral.

From Science News For Students

That includes the alphabetic characters, numerals, punctuation, and all the various functions like Home, Mail, Volume Up and Volume Down.

From Popular-Science

It’ll have a 2 on it, or maybe a Roman numeral, so it won’t look like second place.

From Washington Post

The method worked, correctly recognizing up to 95 percent of handwritten and printed numerals.

From Nautilus

The bigger the base, the easier it is to prove a theorem of this sort, since if you’re in a base with, say, a million different numerals instead of just 0 to 9, a restriction like “no 7s” has a smaller impact.

From Quanta Magazine

If you are invited into the office of its director, you can see a clock on the wall that has a small hole near the numeral 1.

From The Daily Beast

We all dance the entire DSM IV (and its coming progeny, the Roman numeral–free DSM 5) right down the line.

From The Daily Beast

The pin, a small gold numeral six with a black star on it, shows Hanks signing on to save Pvt. Ryan—this time for real.

From The Daily Beast

"Six days," answered the girl; and again the numeral was accompanied by a slight gesture of her fingers.

From Project Gutenberg

A separate type was used to represent each numeral, having a corresponding number of projections or teeth.

From Project Gutenberg

(d) A triangle in the top of the numeral, and a diamond in the bow of the numeral, with four dots above and nine below the latter.

From Project Gutenberg

The earliest also bears a large "V," in an octagon frame, and the other a large numeral "5," in a circle.

From Project Gutenberg

"Two Cents" at the bottom on a ribbon with large numeral "2" between the words, both in outline shaded.

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