Definition of numeration

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Numeration (n.) The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method..

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Epilogism :: Epilogism (n.) Enumeration; computation.
Indefinite :: Indefinite (a.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate..
Sextillion :: Sextillion (n.) According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Aparithmesis :: Aparithmesis (n.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.
Degree :: Degree (n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees..
Calendar :: Calendar (n.) An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy..
Annumeration :: Annumeration (n.) Addition to a former number.
Description :: Description (n.) A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day..
Octillion :: Octillion (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Genealogy :: Genealogy (n.) An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
Enumeration :: Enumeration (n.) The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting..
Recension :: Recension (n.) The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
Numeration :: Numeration (n.) The act or art of numbering.
Quadrillion :: Quadrillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Specification :: Specification (n.) A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct..
Numeration :: Numeration (n.) The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method..
Period :: Period (n.) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed at regular intervals, as in numeration, in the extraction of roots, and in circulating decimals..
Numerate :: Numerate (v.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures..
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