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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
numerical
    adj 1: measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the
           numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: numeric,
           numerical]
    2: of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective"
       [syn: numeral, numerical, numeric]
    3: relating to or having ability to think in or work with
       numbers; "tests for rating numerical aptitude"; "a
       mathematical whiz" [syn: numerical, mathematical] [ant:
       verbal]

2. 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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in
      numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as,
      numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical
      statement.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. The same in number; hence, identically the same;
      identical; as, the same numerical body. [Obs.] --South.
      [1913 Webster]

            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.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. relating to or having ability to think in or work with
      numbers; as, tests for rating numerical aptitude.
      Contrasted with verbal.

   Syn: mathematical.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Numerical:

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, numeric, odd, ordinal, pair, positive, possible, prime, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, submultiple, surd, transcendental
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