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numerical

numerical

34 4.1
About numbers rather than words
  • adjective
  • /njuːˈmɜːrɪkəl/
translation icon : numérico
  • These go up there in numerical order, you know?
  • numerical values
  • numerical data
  • assign numerical values

And we can calculate the mean of any numerical vector as well.

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Examples

  • It's a numerical anomaly, that's what it is.

  • And so we learn some particular numerical facts of life in the new South Africa.

    Academic text (1999)
  • So for every wish, there has to be numerical value for every person.

  • I mean, the first thing to note, it's a numerical change.

  • And the key numerical relationship that works looks like this.

  • Are you gonna put like a numerical value on it?

  • In the first task, subjects assigned numerical values to each of 30 expressions.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The analysis program runs those numbers and is able to present the engineer with numerical comparisons.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Each student was given a summary mean numerical score for each of the two attitude groupings.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The report presented the data in a clear numerical format, making it easy to understand.

Synonyms

quantitative
vsnumerical
62 5.9

Relating to amounts or measurements shown in numbers

is about any relation to numbers, not only measurable amounts or values
numeric
vsnumerical
9 4.6

Relating to or using numbers to show information

is broader, meaning anything expressed by numbers rather than words or qualities

Antonyms

116 4.3

Having to do with words and language or skill in using them

Compounds

numerical analysis
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A part of math that uses numbers and computers to find approximate solutions for calculus problems

A number that shows its size without a plus or minus sign

A number that shows how much of something there is

How Numerical

quantitative
62 5.9
numerical
34 4.1
qualitative
18 6.3

Surface Forms

numerical positive

Morphology

numerical = number (transparent) = number + ical

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'number' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ical' meaning 'relating to numbers'.

Etymology

Numerical comes from the Latin root numer- meaning 'number', and you can see the same root in the everyday word number. So numerical means 'in numbers' or 'about counting', which is why we use it for data, skills, or results that involve numbers.