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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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..
Numerative :: Numerative (a.) Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system..
Enumeration :: Enumeration (n.) A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed..
Enumeration :: Enumeration (n.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument..
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..
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..
Nonillion :: Nonillion (n.) According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Numeration :: Numeration (n.) The act or art of numbering.
Epilogism :: Epilogism (n.) Enumeration; computation.
Radix :: Radix (n.) A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration..
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..
Catalogue :: Catalogue (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars..
Tale :: Tale (v. i.) A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated..
Degree :: Degree (n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals..
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..
Account :: Account (n.) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time..
Recension :: Recension (n.) The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
Numerate :: Numerate (v.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures..
Register :: Register (n.) A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule..
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