a character used to represent a mathematical value
in addition to the standard alphabetical letters and numerics, the keyboard features rows of special characters
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Recent Examples of numericThe airport’s alpha-numeric category designates the maximum landing speed and wingspan of aircraft for which the facility is designed.—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2021 Reporting on inflation isn’t all that useful when the percentages tossed about like numeric salad with a light panic vinaigrette are unaccompanied by more context and comparison.—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 23 June 2021 The state’s overall community college and university headcount dropped by about 123,000 students — the largest numeric decrease of any state.—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021 From the insight derivation or analytics perspective, the structure provides the right data type (i.e., nominal, ordinal or numeric).—Prashanth Southekal, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for numeric
Charlotte weekend forecast Temperatures will reach up to about 95 degrees in Charlotte Saturday, with the heat index reaching into triple digits, the NWS forecast says.
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Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
19 July 2025
The file was converted from binary format into hexadecimal, an encoding scheme that uses the digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through F to represent binary values in a compact combination of characters.
Streets included in the network are focus areas in a citywide effort to curb the number of vehicle crashes with injuries.
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Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
From the 1980s to the 2010s, a series of mergers and new ventures doubled the number of taxi companies to six: Yellow (merged with Roy’s), Austin (merged with Harlem), American, Texas, Lone Star and Checker.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
Research shows that by reducing numerical precision from 32-bit floats to 8-bit integers (or lower), most AI applications can maintain accuracy while slashing power consumption by four to five times.
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Lee-Lean Shu,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Like Shor’s algorithm, the new approach factors integers in a reasonable amount of time.
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