numeric

comparative more numeric · superlative most numeric

1. Of or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9.

   Because statisticians use the term regression for the process of computing an expression that predicts a numeric quantity, decision trees with averaged numeric values at the leaves are called regression trees.

   2000, Ivan H. Witten, Eibe Frank, Data Mining, page 70

   Synonyms: numeral

2. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of numerical (“the same; identical”).

   Synonyms: identical, numerical

plural numerics

1. mathematicsAny number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.