*nume*

n. 1. a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation marks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. annumeratus, p. p. of annumerare. See Numerate. ] To add on; to count in. [ Obs. ] Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annumeratio. ] Addition to a former number. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. connumeratio, fr. L. connumerare, -numeratum, to number with. ] A reckoning together. [ R. ] Porson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. that can be counted.
Syn. -- countable, enumerable, numerable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. dinumeratio; di- = dis- + numerare to count, fr. numerus number. ] Enumeration. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enumerated p. pr. & vb. n. Enumerating ] [ L. enumeratus, p. p. of enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count, fr. numerus number. See Number. ] To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enumerating the services he had done. Ludlow.

Syn. -- To reckon; compute; calculate; count; estimate; relate; rehearse; recapitulate; detail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. enumeratio: cf. F. énumération. ] 1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our enumeration. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rhet.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. énumératif. ] Counting, or reckoning up, one by one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enumerative of the variety of evils. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who enumerates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Equi- + L. numerans, p. pr. of numerare to number. ] Equal as to number. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. innumerabilitas. ] State of being innumerable. Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. innumerabilis : cf. F. innumefable. See In- not, and Numerable. ] Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, for multitude; countless; numberless; unnumbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number. [ 1913 Webster ]

Innumerable as the stars of night. Milton.

-- In*nu"mer*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*nu"mer*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with illiterate. Opposite of numerate. Also See: educated; illiterate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. innumerosus, innumerus. See Numerous. ] Innumerable. [ Archaic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See Monition, and cf. Moniment. ] 1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of ancient British art
A pleasing monument. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. [ 1913 Webster ]

On your family's old monument
Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites
That appertain unto a burial. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. monumentalis: cf. F. monumental. ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. “Of pine, or monumental oak.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A work outlasting monumental brass. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of lasting significance; as, a monumental work of literature; a monumental accomplishment. [ PJC ]

4. Exceptionally large in quantity, quality, or degree; as, a monumental amount of work to be done [ PJC ]

adv. 1. By way of memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By means of monuments. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of birds comprising certain of the curlews.
Syn. -- genus Numenius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. numerabilis. See Number, v. t. ] Capable of being numbered or counted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. skill with numbers and mathematics; -- the skill with numbers analogous to literacy, the skill of reading. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf. F. numéral. See Number, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

A long train of numeral progressions. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A word expressing a number. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to number; in number; numerically. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. numerarius: cf. F. numéraire. ] Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body. [ 1913 Webster ]

A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Numerated p. pr. & vb. n. Numerating ] [ L. numeratus, p. p. of numerare to count. See Number, v. ] (Arith.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. numeratio a counting out: cf. F. numération. ] 1. The act or art of numbering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Numeration is but still the adding of one unit more, and giving to the whole a new name or sign. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method. Davies & Peck. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ For convenience in reading, numbers are usually separated by commas into periods of three figures each, as 1, 155, 465; in continental Europe, periods are used for a similar division. According to what is called the “English” system, the billion is a million of millions, a trillion a million of billions, and each higher denomination is a million times the one preceding. According 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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. numerator: cf. F. numérateur. ] 1. One who numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In a vulgar fraction the numerator is written above a line; thus, in the fraction 5/9 (five ninths) 5 is the numerator; in a decimal fraction it is the number which follows the decimal point. See Fraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + n√-1, where m and n are real numerics. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. numérique. See Number, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; as, tests for rating numerical aptitude. Contrasted with verbal.
Syn. -- mathematical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in numbers. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., or F. numéro ; both fr. L. numerus number. ] Number; -- often abbrev. No. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. numerositas. ] 1. The state of being numerous; numerousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rhythm; harmony; flow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear. S. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. numerosus. See Number. ] 1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army; numerous objections. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such and so numerous was their chivalry. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such prompt eloquence
Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Nu"mer*ous*ly, adv. -- Nu"mer*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively numerous; too many. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. renumeratus, p. p. of renumerare to count over, count up; pref. re- re- + numerare to count. See Numerate. ] To recount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. supernumerarius: cf. OF. supernuméraire, F. surnuméraire. See Super-, and Numerary, Number. ] 1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Supernumeraries 1. A person or thing beyond the number stated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle. [ 1913 Webster ]