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Definition of: numerical
(n
·mer′i·kəl, ny-) adjective
1. Pertaining to or denoting number.
2. Numerable.
3. Represented by or consisting of numbers or figures, as in arithmetic, and not by letters, as in algebra.
4. Math. a Signifying that numbers have the place of letters: opposed to literal. b Designating a quantity considered opposed to algebraic. [<NL numericus <L numerus a number]
—nu·mer′i·cal·ly adverb
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