numeral

noun

1. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
2. A representation of a number composed of such symbols.

   “Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.”

3. A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.

   “We use the term numeral for linguistic expressions and number for meanings. For example, five is a numeral expressing the number "5" - and fifteen hundred and one thousand five hundred are different numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".”

4. A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).

   “Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to numbers; numerical.

   “A long train of numeral progressions.”