different between numeric vs mathematical

English

Etymology

From French numérique, from Latin numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n(j)u??m???k/
• Rhymes: -???k

Adjective

numeric (comparative more numeric, superlative most numeric)

1. Of or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9.
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of numerical (“the same; identical”)

Synonyms

• (of or relating to numbers): numeral; see also Thesaurus:numerical
• (the same; identical): identical, numerical

Related terms

• alphanumeric
• numerical
• number

Translations

Noun

numeric (plural numerics)

1. (mathematics) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.

Anagrams

• rumenic

Occitan

Adjective

numeric m (feminine singular numerica, masculine plural numerics, feminine plural numericas)

1. numerical

Derived terms

• numericament

Related terms

• nombre

Romanian

Etymology

From French numerique.

Adjective

numeric m or n (feminine singular numeric?, masculine plural numerici, feminine and neuter plural numerice)

1. numerical

Declension

English

Etymology

mathematics +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæ???mæt?k?l/
• (General American, weak vowel distinction) IPA^(key): /?mæ???mæt?k?l/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?mæ???mæt?k?l/

Adjective

mathematical (comparative more mathematical, superlative most mathematical)

1. Of, or relating to mathematics
   • 1897, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved

     […] he looked up the uninteresting left road to the fortifications. It was new, long, white, regular, tapering to a vanishing point, like a lesson in perspective. […] Smaller and smaller she waned up the rigid mathematical road, still gazing at the soldier aloft, as Pierston gazed at her.

   • Although Galileo had designed a pendulum clock, he never actually constructed one. The first pendulum clock was constructed by the Dutch physicist Christian Huygens (1629–1695) in 1657. He also developed the mathematical theory of the pendulum. Newton also studied the motion of a pendulum and experimented with pendulums made of different materials and of different lengths.
2. Possible but highly improbable

Translations

Anagrams

• metathalamic