numeron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical nonverbal cognitive representation of a numeric amount.

Word forms

numeron numerons

Etymology

From numero- + -on (“forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units”). Coined in 1986 by Rochel Gelman and C. R. Gallistel.

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