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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6 words match “NUMERICALLY”

NUMERICALLY adv.
merical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different.
DECREASING a.
hing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
DESCENDING a.
iptic in passing southward. -- Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity.
LOW a.
Numerically small; as, a low number.
NUMERALLY adv.
According to number; in number; numerically.
WEIGHT n.
the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds. For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes. Shak.