numerary

  • 1Numerary — Nu mer*a*ry, a. [LL. numerarius: cf. F. num[ e]raire.] Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body. [1913 Webster] A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon. Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Numerary — Jose Ortega y Gasset. Numerary professor of Psychology, Logic and Ethics at the Escuela Superior del Magisterio de Madrid Numerary is a civil designation for persons who are incorporated in a fixed or permanent way to a society or group: regular… …

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  • 3Numerary nexus — Harry Partch, 11 limit tonality diamond. In musical tuning, a numerary nexus is an identity shared by two or more interval ratios in their numerator or denominator, with different identities in the other[1]. For example, in the Otonality the… …

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  • 4numerary — /nooh meuh rer ee, nyooh /, adj. of or pertaining to a number or numbers. [1720 30; < ML numerarius (LL: arithmetician, accountant), equiv. to L numer(us) number + arius ARY] * * * …

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  • 5numerary — adjective Relating to numbers or numbering …

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  • 6Numerary — Цифровой; числовой; численный …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 7numerary — nu·mer·ar·y || nuːmrÉ™rɪ / njuː adj. of or pertaining to numbers …

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  • 8numerary — nu•mer•ar•y [[t]ˈnu məˌrɛr i, ˈnyu [/t]] adj. of or pertaining to a number or numbers • Etymology: 1720–30; &LT; ML numerārius (LL: arithmetician, accountant) = L numer(us) number + ārius ary …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9numerary — /ˈnjumərəri/ (say nyoohmuhruhree), /ˈnjumrəri/ (say nyoohmruhree) adjective 1. of or relating to a number or numbers. –noun (plural numeraries) 2. a person who is a permanent member of a staff, organisation, etc. (opposed to supernumerary) …

  • 10numerary — /nooh meuh rer ee, nyooh /, adj. of or pertaining to a number or numbers. [1720 30; &LT; ML numerarius (LL: arithmetician, accountant), equiv. to L numer(us) number + arius ARY] …

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