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numerical

adjective
🔊/njuːˈmerɪkl/
🔊/nuːˈmerɪkl/
(also less frequent numeric
🔊/njuːˈmerɪk/
🔊/nuːˈmerɪk/
)
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  1. relating to numbers; expressed in numbers数字的；用数字表示的
    • numerical data数字数据
    • The results are expressed in descending numerical order.结果按数字降序列出。🔊🔊
    Topics Maths and measurementc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryNumerical is used with these nouns:
    • calculation
    • data
    • order
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin numericus (from Latin numerus ‘a number’) + -al.