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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

algebraic, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, analytic, cardinal, decimal, differential, digital, even, exponential, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, fractional, geometric, imaginary, impair, impossible, infinite, integral, irrational, logarithmic, logometric, mathematical, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative, odd, ordinal, pair, positive, possible, prime, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, submultiple, surd, transcendental

Dictionary Results for numeric:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

numeric
    adj 1: of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral
           adjective" [syn: numeral, numerical, numeric]
    2: measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the
       numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: numeric,
       numerical]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Numeric \Nu*mer"ic\, n. (Math.)
   Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable
   ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m
   + n[root]-1, where m and n are real numerics.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Numeric \Nu*mer"ic\, Numerical \Nu*mer"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
   num['e]rique. See Number, n.]
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   1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in
      numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as,
      numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical
      statement.
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   Note: 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.
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   2. The same in number; hence, identically the same;
      identical; as, the same numerical body. [Obs.] --South.
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            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.
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   3. relating to or having ability to think in or work with
      numbers; as, tests for rating numerical aptitude.
      Contrasted with verbal.

   Syn: mathematical.
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   Numerical equation (Alg.), 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.
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