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nonnumerical

nonnumerical adjective: not numerical; containing data other than numbers.

Adjective

nonnumerical (not comparable)

  1. Not 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
  2. Not using numerical techniques.

Origin of nonnumerical

From non- + numerical.

Questions about nonnumerical

What does nonnumerical mean?
Nonnumerical means not numerical; containing data other than numbers.
What part of speech is nonnumerical?
Nonnumerical is an adjective.

Words near nonnumerical in the dictionary

  1. nonnull
  2. nonnumbered
  3. nonnumeral
  4. nonnumerals
  5. nonnumeric
  6. nonnumerical
  7. nonnumismatic
  8. nonnurse
  9. nonnurses
  10. nonnursing
  11. nonnurturing

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