What does "numeral" mean?

Numeral: Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.A word expressing a number.

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