nonnumerical

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English

Etymology

From non- +‎ numerical.

Adjective

nonnumerical (not comparable)

  1. Not numerical; containing data other than numbers.
    • 2003 August 12, John Noble Wilford, “String, and Knot, Theory of Inca Writing”, in The New York Times:
      But a more searching analysis of some 450 of the 600 surviving khipu has called into question this interpretation. Although they were probably mainly accounting tools, a growing number of researchers now think that some khipu were nonnumerical and may have been an early form of writing.
  2. Not using numerical techniques.