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Definition of Numeration system

1. Noun. Any notation for the representation of numbers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Numeration System

Literary usage of Numeration system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Axioms of Projective Geometry by Alfred North Whitehead (1906)
"Let P correspond to x in the numeration-system [OEU] and to x' in the ... Thus the reference to the particular numeration-system may be omitted in the ..."

2. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"You assume that, as a matter of course, the measure system should be made to agree with the numeration system ; but it may be contended that, conversely, ..."

3. Dynamics & Stochastics: Festschrift in Honour of M.S. Keane by Dee Denteneer, F. den Hollander, M. S. Keane, Evgeny Verbitskiy (2006)
"By definition, a numeration system with G, where G is a nontrivial closed ... numeration systems By a numeration system, we mean a compact metrizable space ..."

4. The Scholar's Algebra: An Introductory Work on Algebra by Lewis Hensley (1875)
"On the other hand, to return to the common numeration system we have only to find the value of the formula (i) when r = 7. This is best done by Horner's ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Let the numbers, assigned according to the preceding specification, be said to be associated with the points according to the " numeration-system (OEU). ..."

6. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1885)
"At first sight, many would be inclined to think there was no essential difference between the Japanese or Chinese numeration system and our own. ..."

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