From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Numbersnumericalnu‧mer‧i‧cal /njuːˈmerɪkəl $ nuː-/ ●○○ adjectiveHMNexpressed or considered in numbers
a numerical code
The home team tried to utilize their numerical advantage (=the fact that they had more players than the other team).
Make sure the files are organized in numerical order. —numerically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpusnumerical• The boys outpaced the girls in mechanical, verbal, and abstract reasoning, space relations, and numericalability.• The Democrats still held a numericaladvantage.• The drive towards numerical and managerialperformanceindicators has already been mentioned.• It is a story of courage and of improvisation that made a nonsense of the enemy's numerical and material superiority.• The values of these parameterspermitcharacterization of the curves, and enablenumericalcomparisons to be made between samples.• The mystery of Plato's Atlantis has been solved by recognition of this same numericalconfusion.• An increase in women's numericalrepresentation is therefore given a biological or cultural, rather than an egalitarian, justification.• This is not the case, as can be seen from Table 1, even in terms of simplenumericaltrend.• One possible solution would be to represent the relativeinfluences of each analyser as a set of numericalweightings.in numerical order• Copies of bills or invoices are usually filedin numerical order.• The system may as well do it, and present the operator with each applicant within the vacancy in turn in numerical order.• These lists are sortedin numerical order and delimited by squarebrackets.• Starting in numerical order, each plane would climb to fifteen thousand feet and empty its sack.From Longman Business Dictionarynumericalnu‧mer‧i‧cal /njuːˈmerɪkəlnuː-/ (also numeric /-ˈmerɪk/) adjective [only before a noun]expressed or considered in numberscomputerized numerical control systemsThe software will allow you to transfer numeric data from a spreadsheet to a business letter.Originnumerical(1600-1700)Latinnumerus; → NUMBER1
