Numeric
/n(j)uˈmɛɹɪk/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9.
"Because statisticians use the term regression for the process of computing an expression that predicts a numeric quantity, decision trees with averaged numeric values at the leaves are called regression trees."
- 2 Alternative form of numerical (“the same; identical”). alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Adjective
- 1 measured or expressed in numbers wordnet
- 2 of or relating to or denoting numbers wordnet
Example
More examples"She wrote the date in numeric form."
Etymology
Borrowed from French numérique, from Latin numerus (“number”).