Numeral

Definitions

1. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
2. A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
3. A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.
4. A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).

Equivalents

Examples

“Compare⟳ the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.”

“We use⟳ the term numeral for linguistic expressions and number⟳ for meanings. For example, five is a numeral expressing the number⟳ "5" - and fifteen hundred and one thousand five hundred are different numerals expressing the same number⟳, "1,500".”

“Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.”

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