Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to numeration or to numbering.
- noun Same as
classifier , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to numeration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
numeration .
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Examples
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Eight continents range the equator at approximately equal intervals: Aimand, Shraimand, Vidamand, Minamand, Nonamand, Dronamand, Hivand and Impland, after the eight digits of the Paonese numerative system.
The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958
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Brahmana, the masculine numerative singular, originally denoted one who prays, a worshipper or the composer or reciter of a hymn.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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It is evident that the young Celestial is a thousand and ten times wrong, to use the numerative formula; but it is not for me to tell him so.
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Jules Verne 1866
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This affects the private as much as the state sector - but instead of creating intellectually enabled young people, we seem intent on applying a numerative norm that does pupils few favours and encourages schools to achieve a mark rather than a standard.
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