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What is the difference between numerical and numeral?

numerical | numeral |

As adjectives the difference between numerical and numeral

is that numerical is of or pertaining to numbers while numeral is of or relating to numbers; numerical.

As a noun numeral is

a symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.

numerical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to numbers
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-07-09 , author = Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe , title = Cognition, brains and Riemann , site = plus.maths.org , url = http://plus.maths.org/content/cognition-brains-and-riemann , accessdate = 2013-09-08 }}
    They propose that the brain manages numerical' systems with circuitry that is equipped for action related to "more than-less than", "faster-slower", "nearer-farther", "bigger-smaller", computations of "any kind of stuff in the external world". This neural activity allows us to successfully reach, grasp, throw or point. Bueti and Walsh argue further that, "it is on these abilities that discrete ' numerical abilities hitched an evolutionary ride," given the primitive need to make these kinds of judgments of space and time. Number then, as a measure, is not primary — what comes first is our need to move accurately.
  • (obsolete) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical.
  • * South
    • the same numerical body
  • * Fuller
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * numerical analysis * numerical derivative * numerical differentiation * numerical integration * numerical stability

    Related terms

    * numeric * number

    numeral

    English

    (wikipedia numeral)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
  • (linguistics) A word or symbol representing a number.
    • The word “fifteen”, the Arabic numeral''' “15”, and the Roman '''numeral''' “XV” are all '''numerals representing the number fifteen.
  • * 2002 — Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, "Lexical word-formation", p1621-1722 in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language , p1715
    • We use the term numeral' for linguistic expressions and '''number''' for meanings. For example, ''five'' is a '''numeral''' expressing the number "5" - and ''fifteen hundred'' and ''one thousand five hundred'' are different ' numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".
  • (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
    • Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals .

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "numeral")

    Synonyms

    * (word or symbol representing a number) number

    Derived terms

    * cardinal numeral * ordinal numeral * Arabic numeral * Roman numeral

    See also

    * digit

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
  • * (John Locke)
    • A long train of numeral progressions.

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