numerical

UK/n(j)uːˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kəl/US/n(j)uˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kəl/

adjectiveB2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,338 of 15,258mostly written

Numerical means expressed in or to do with numbers. Numerical order, numerical superiority, a numerical value.

Numerical order means by number rather than alphabetical, and numerical superiority is the military phrase for simply having more. It is a different word from numerous, which means many.

Definitions of numerical

1adjectivenumericalExpressed in or to do with numbers.B2
“The report is full of numerical data, with tables and charts on every page.”

numerical is a quality.

Where it comes from

From numeric + -al.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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numerical in the wild

Current growth in computing power has enabled the use of more complex numerical analysis, providing detailed and realistic mathematical models in science and engineering.
Numerical analysis
The numerical point of view goes back to the earliest mathematical writings.
Numerical analysis
In analysis, numerical integration comprises a broad family of algorithms for calculating the numerical value of a definite integral.
Numerical integration
In the mathematical subfield of numerical analysis, numerical stability is a generally desirable property of numerical algorithms.
Numerical stability
Some numerical algorithms may damp out the small fluctuations (errors) in the input data; others might magnify such errors.
Numerical stability

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