numerics

See also: numèrics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-

Proto-Italic *nomezos

Latin numerus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -ique

Middle French -ique

French -ique

French numériquebor.

English numeric

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Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ms

Proto-Indo-European *-omsder.

Proto-Germanic *-anzder.?

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m̥s

Proto-Germanic *-ōz

Proto-Germanic *-ōsder.?

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English -ics

English numerics

From numeric + -ics.

Noun

numerics (uncountable)

1. The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
   • 2005 September 27, Brian Lavery, “I.R.A. Destroys What It Says Were the Last of Its Weapons”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 May 2021:

     "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.

Occitan

Adjective

numerics

1. masculine plural of numeric