numeric

as in digit
a character used to represent a mathematical value in addition to the standard alphabetical letters and numerics, the keyboard features rows of special characters

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Recent Examples of numeric Reporting on inflation isn’t all that useful when the percentages tossed about like numeric salad with a light panic vinaigrette are unaccompanied by more context and comparison. Erik Sherman, Forbes, 23 June 2021 The state’s overall community college and university headcount dropped by about 123,000 students — the largest numeric decrease of any state. Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021 From the insight derivation or analytics perspective, the structure provides the right data type (i.e., nominal, ordinal or numeric). Prashanth Southekal, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021 For water used for industrial purposes, the changes remove specific numeric standards for pH, chloride and hardness and replace them with a narrative description. Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for numeric
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Noun
  • Entering play, Hicks had touched triple digits on two occasions during his time with the Giants.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Triple-digit fastballs in the strike zone all spring will get a pitcher the longest looks possible.
    Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Those numbers rose to 82% among Republicans and 95% among Democrats if the ruling came from the Supreme Court.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Osgood is one of only a small number of inmates on U.S. death rows to abandon their legal challenges.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The dense text covered various ideas about cryptography, but Thompson (a former mathematics student) was particularly fascinated with a chapter about prime numbers, the crucial integers that make up the foundation of all computer and data coding.
    TIME, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For millennia, mathematicians have sought integer solutions to them.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Numeric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numeric. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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