Enumeration

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enumeration \E*nu`mer*a"tion\, n. [L. enumeratio: cf. F.
     ['e]num['e]ration.]
     1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or
        recounting.
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     2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially
        noticed.
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              Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we
              leave them out of our enumeration.    --Paley.
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     3. (Rhet.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads
        of an argument.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enumeration
       n 1: a numbered list [syn: {numbering}]
       2: the act of counting; "the counting continued for several
          hours" [syn: {count}, {counting}, {numeration}, {reckoning},
           {tally}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "enumeration":
     accounting, active list, blacklist, blocking, census, checklist,
     civil list, counting, dactylonomy, detailing, foliation, inventory,
     inventorying, itemization, items, list, measurement, numbering,
     numeration, pagination, parsing, quantification, quantization,
     register, registry, repertory, resolution, retired list, scansion,
     schedule, schematization, sick list, tally, tally sheet, tallying,
     telling
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  enumeration
       
          1.  A {bijection} with the {natural numbers}; a
          {counted set}.
       
          Compare {well-ordered}.
       
          2.  {enumerated type}.
       
          (1996-11-28)