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numerics

numerics noun: the field of numerically-controlled engineering.

Noun

numerics (uncountable)

  1. The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
    • "Instead of openness, there was the cunning tactics of cover-up and a complete failure by General De Chastelain to deal with the vital numerics of decommissioning," said Ian Paisley, 79, the Protestant preacher who heads the Democratic Unionists, Northern Ireland's largest party.2005 September 27, Brian Lavery, “I.R.A. Destroys What It Says Were the Last of Its Weapons”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 May 2021

Origin of numerics

From numeric + -ics.

Questions about numerics

What does numerics mean?
Numerics means the field of numerically-controlled engineering.
What part of speech is numerics?
Numerics is a noun.

Words near numerics in the dictionary

  1. numericized
  2. numericizes
  3. numericizing
  4. numericlatural
  5. numericlature
  6. numerics
  7. numerist
  8. numerists
  9. numerization
  10. numerlog
  11. numerlogs

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