enumeration

4 definitions found

enumeration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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enumeration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  enumeration
      n 1: a numbered list [syn: enumeration, numbering]
      2: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order;
         "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count,
         counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning,
         tally]

enumeration - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

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

enumeration - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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