numeron

noun

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

   Of course, it is also possible that Sheba's mental representations of 1, 2, 3, and 4 may have been symbolic, accumulator representations or numeron representations.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry numeron (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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