numerical

[ noo-mer-i-kuhl, nyoo- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
2. indicating a number:

   numerical symbols.

3. bearing or designated by a number.
4. expressed by numbers instead of letters:

   numerical cryptography; numerical equations.

5. of or relating to one's skill at working with numbers, solving mathematical problems, etc.:

   tests for rating numerical aptitude.

6. Mathematics. absolute ( def 12 ).

numerical

/ njuːˈmɛrɪkəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or denoting a number or numbers
2. measured or expressed in numbers

   numerical value

3. maths
   1. containing or using constants, coefficients, terms, or elements represented by numbers Compare literal

      3x² + 4y = 2 is a numerical equation

   2. another word for absolute

Derived Forms

• nuˈmerically, adverb

Other Words From

• nu·mer·i·cal·ly adverb
• nu·mer·i·cal·ness noun
• un·nu·mer·i·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of numerical¹

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin numer(us) number + -ical

Example Sentences

Conventional approaches to storm forecasting involve large numerical simulations run on supercomputers incorporating mountains of observational data, and they still often result in inaccurate or incomplete predictions.

From Science Daily

Their annual income is often modest, they point out - and they don’t value their farm in numerical terms, but in emotional ones.

From BBC

In the case of LLMs, these are called weight matrices, which are numerical representations of word patterns learned from large swaths of text.

From Science Daily

Wales again failed to capitalise on the numerical advantage as Australia scored three tries when down to 14 men with a Faessler double and second for Wright.

From BBC

It was 14 against 13 when Radadra was initially shown a yellow card, but Fiji responded despite their numerical disadvantage with a fine individual converted try from Muntz as he evaded five Wales defenders.

From BBC