numeral
pronunciation
How to pronounce numeral in British English:
UK [ˈnjuːmərəl]
How to pronounce numeral in American English:
US [ˈnuːmərəl]
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- Noun:
- a symbol used to represent a number
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or denoting numbers
Word Origin
- numeral (n.)
- 1520s, "word expressing a number," from Middle French numéral (late 15c.), from Late Latin numeralis "of or belonging to a number," from Latin numerus "a number" (see number (n.)). Meaning "figure standing for a number" is from 1680s. As an adjective, "expressing number," from 1520s.
Example
- 1. All points must relate to the same major topic that you first mentioned in your capital roman numeral .
- 2. Then they gave the memory another image of a numeral more degraded than the first samples to see if it could " recall " what the digit was .
- 3. Perhaps the most high-tech feature is a special color-shifting ink which is used to print the numeral in the lower right-hand corner . When viewed from head on , this ink appears green , but changes to black when viewed from the side .
- 4. So that , entirely because people in fashion not only have very little of the beauty in their winding path to lead them to the quiet seclusion , but also they view everything was so fast , all like " 1 " in arabic numeral system without the joy of nine zigzag winding .