Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Numeral \Nu"mer*al\, a. [L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf.
   F. num['e]ral. See {Number}, n.]
   1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or
      numerals.

            A long train of numeral progressions. --Locke.

   2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral
      letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.

Numeral \Nu"mer*al\, n.
   1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the
      Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V,
      X, L, etc.

   2. A word expressing a number.

Source : WordNet®

numeral
     adj : of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral
           adjective"; "numerical analysis" [syn: {numerical}, {numeric}]
     n : a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write
         the numerals before he went to school" [syn: {number}]