Meanings
adjectivenonnumerical (not comparable)
- not comparableNot numerical; containing data other than numbers.
But a more searching analysis of some 450 of the 600 surviving khipu has called into question this interpretation. Although they were probably mainly accounting tools, a growing number of researchers now think that some khipu were nonnumerical and may have been an early form of writing.
2003 December 8, John Noble Wilford, “String, and Knot, Theory of Inca Writing”, in The New York Times - not comparableNot using numerical techniques.
Origin
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nonnumerical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonnumerical
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“nonnumerical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonnumerical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonnumerical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonnumerical.
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