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plural numerals
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. examples
A representation of a number composed of such symbols. quotations examples
Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.
1966, Robert Lee Morton, Modern Mathematics Through Discovery, page 97
(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language. quotations examples
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".
2002, Laurie Bauer, Rodney Huddleston, “Lexical word-formation”, in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 1715
(card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1). examples
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Of or relating to numbers; numerical. quotations examples
A long train of numeral progressions.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […]