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&fist; 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.

{ 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.

&fist; 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.

Numerical equation (Alg.


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