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Definition of Enumeration
1. Noun. A numbered list.
2. Noun. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order. "The counting continued for several hours"
Generic synonyms: Investigating, Investigation
Specialized synonyms: Blood Count, Census, Nose Count, Nosecount, Countdown, Miscount, Poll, Recount, Sperm Count
Derivative terms: Count, Count, Enumerate, Numerate, Tally
Definition of Enumeration
1. n. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
Definition of Enumeration
1. Noun. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting. ¹
2. Noun. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed. ¹
3. Noun. A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) A set of named constants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enumeration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enumeration
Literary usage of Enumeration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"Provision should be made for enumeration of white males over 21 yrs. of age. ...
Return of enumeration of free white males over 21 yre. of age; by counties. ..."
2. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"In accordance with the provisions of the act of the Territorial Government, of
July 11, 1795, an enumeration of the inhabitants of the Territory was made. ..."
3. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"CHAPTER XV enumeration AND STATISTICS § 54. enumeration or Simple Counting.— We
shall begin the account of the scientific methods with enumeration. ..."
4. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"The enumeration of the colonies of bacteria pu a plate is effected after forty-eight
... The enumeration is effected by ascertaining the average number of ..."
5. Annotated Consolidated Laws of the State of New York: As Amended to January by Clarence Frank Birdseye, Robert Cushing Cumming, Frank Bixby Gilbert, New York (State). (1915)
"When enumeration shall be taken. 141. General powers and duties of the ...
Appointment of enumeration supervisors. 143. Compensation of enumeration ..."
6. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1880)
"(3) MR JWL GLAISHER, MA, FRS Preliminary account of an enumeration of the primes
in Burckhardt's tobies (1 to 3000000.) THE present paper is a continuation ..."
7. The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States by United States, Joseph Story, George Sharswood (1839)
"1*.flt ja such enumeration, Indians not taxed, and Co» *** ** j&*f*'*'£r*.
from all others ; distinguishing, also, the sexes **! ..."
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