Sentence Break - Numeric

Numeric is a classification assigned to characters based on their role in sentence segmentation, specifically indicating that a character is a digit or a number, such as “3” or “½”. In this context, it means the character behaves like a numeric symbol for line-breaking and text-boundary rules, causing it to interact with adjacent punctuation or spaces in ways that may prevent a sentence break from occurring directly after it, though it does not inherently start or end a sentence by itself. Its practical effect is that a numeric character is treated as a neutral or continuing element within a sentence, often keeping the flow of text intact when followed by currency symbols, percentages, or other numeric modifiers.