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English Dictionary: numeral by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
numeral
adj
  1. of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective"
    Synonym(s): numeral, numerical, numeric
n
  1. a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school"
    Synonym(s): numeral, number
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Numeral \Nu"mer*al\, a. [L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf.
      F. num[82]ral. See {Number}, n.]
      1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or
            numerals.
  
                     A long train of numeral progressions. --Locke.
  
      2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral
            letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Numeral \Nu"mer*al\, n.
      1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the
            Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V,
            X, L, etc.
  
      2. A word expressing a number.
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