"numeric" meaning in English

See numeric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /n(j)uːˈmɛɹɪk/ [UK], /n(j)uˈmɛɹɪk/ [Canada, US], /n(j)ʉːˈmeɹɪk/ [General-Australian], /ˈnjumərɪk/ (note: Indic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-numeric.wav Forms: more numeric [comparative], most numeric [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: Borrowed from French numérique, from Latin numerus (“number”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{bor+|en|fr|numérique}} Borrowed from French numérique, {{der|en|la|numerus||number}} Latin numerus (“number”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} numeric (comparative more numeric, superlative most numeric)
  1. Of or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9. Synonyms (of or relating to numbers): numeral Translations (of, or relating to numbers): numérico (Spanish), guarismo [dated] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-numeric-en-adj-GgJ3oKez Categories (other): Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to numbers': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to numbers': 96 4
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of numerical (“the same; identical”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: numerical (extra: the same; identical) Synonyms (the same, identical): identical, numerical
    Sense id: en-numeric-en-adj-aopqw~wl Disambiguation of 'the same, identical': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: numerical Derived forms: alphameric, nonnumeric, numeric complement, numericity, numericize, numeric keypad, numeric promotion Related terms: alphanumeric, number, numerical

Noun

IPA: /n(j)uːˈmɛɹɪk/ [UK], /n(j)uˈmɛɹɪk/ [Canada, US], /n(j)ʉːˈmeɹɪk/ [General-Australian], /ˈnjumərɪk/ (note: Indic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-numeric.wav Forms: numerics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: Borrowed from French numérique, from Latin numerus (“number”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{bor+|en|fr|numérique}} Borrowed from French numérique, {{der|en|la|numerus||number}} Latin numerus (“number”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} numeric (plural numerics)
  1. (mathematics) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.
    Sense id: en-numeric-en-noun-oA~ZjIlg Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 6 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 1 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 2 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 1 80 Topics: mathematics, sciences
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-14 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.