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Definition of numerical adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

numerical

adjective
 
/njuːˈmerɪkl/
 
/nuːˈmerɪkl/
(also less frequent numeric
 
/njuːˈmerɪk/
 
/nuːˈmerɪk/
)
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  1. relating to numbers; expressed in numbers
    • numerical data
    • The results are expressed in descending numerical order.
    Topics Maths and measurementc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryNumerical is used with these nouns:
    • calculation
    • data
    • order
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin numericus (from Latin numerus ‘a number’) + -al.
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