to the system of the French and other Continental nations and also that of the United States, the billion
is a thousand millions, and each higher denomination is a thousand times the preceding.
Numerative
(Nu"mer*a*tive) a. Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. Eng. Cyc.
Numerator
(Nu"mer*a"tor) n. [L. numerator: cf. F. numérateur.]
1. One who numbers.
2. (Math.) The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.
In a vulgar fraction the numerator is written above a line; thus, in the fraction &frac59 (five ninths) 5 is the
numerator; in a decimal fraction it is the number which follows the decimal point. See Fraction.
Numeric
(Nu*mer"ic Nu*mer"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. numérique. See Number, n.]
1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as,
numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.
Numerical, as opposed to algebraical, is used to denote a value irrespective of its sign; thus, -5 is numerically
greater than -3, though algebraically less.
2. The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body. [Obs.] South.
Would to God that all my fellow brethren, which with me bemoan the loss of their books, . . . might
rejoice for the recovery thereof, though not the same numerical volumes.
Fuller. Numerical equation (Alg.), an equation which has all the quantities except the unknown expressed in
numbers; — distinguished from literal equation. — Numerical value of an equation or expression, that
deduced by substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing.
Numeric
(Nu*mer"ic), n. (Math.) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.
The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + n&radic- 1, where m and n are real numerics.
