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noun
any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
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How to use numeral system in a sentence
Acquaintance with the numeral system up to and including millions.
The School System of Norway|David Allen AndersonThe numeral system is decimal and higher numbers are counted in tens; thus Tamil pattu, “ten”; iru-badu, “two tens,” “twenty.”
This is a serious proposal to alter our numeral system and to count by twelves.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)|Augustus de Morgan