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3. 2. Belonging to a certain number; included or reckoned within the proper or fixed number. A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon. Ayliffe , Parergon. numerate (nu'me-rat), v. t. and i.; pret. and pp. numerated , ppr. numerating . [ ratus , pp. of numerare , count, reckon, number, , a number: see number .] To count; reckon; read (an expre ion in figures) according to the rules of numeration; enumerate. numerate (nu'me-rat), a . [ L.numeratus , pp.: see the verb.] Counted. - Numerate number, concrete number. numeration (nu-me-ra's hon), n. [= F. numé ration = Sp. numeracion = Pg. numeração = It. numerazione, numeratio ( n- ), a counting out, paying, payment, numerare , pp. numeratus , count, reckon, number: see numerate .] 1. The act of numbering. Numeration is but still the adding of one unit more, and giving to the whole a new name or sign. Locke . 2. In arith ., the art of counting; the art of forming numeral words for use in counting; the system of numeral words in use in any language; the art of expre ing in words any number proposed in figures; the act or art of reading numbers. See notation. Decimal numeration. See decimal . [= F. numéra numerative (nu'me-ra-tiv), a . and n. [= F. numérat if =It. numerativo ; as numerate + -ive .] I. a. Pertaining to numeration or to numbering. II. n. Same as cla ifier , 3. numerator (nu'me-ra-tor), n . teur = Sp. Pg. numerador = It. numeratore , numerator , a counter, a reckoner, merare , pp. numeratus , count, number: see nu merate.] 1. One who numbers.-2. In arith ., the number in a vulgar fraction which shows how many parts of a unit are taken. Thus, when a unit is divided into 9 equal parts, and 5 are taken to form the fraction, it is expre ed thus, that is, five ninths5 being the numerator and 9 the denominator . 2. Expre ing number; representing number: numerict (nu-mer'ik), a . and n. [F. numé as, numeral letters or characters, such as Vor 5 for five. Numeral equation. See equation . =Syn. Numeral , Numerical . Numeral is more concrete than numerical : as, numeral adjectives or letters; numerical value, difference, equality, or equations.