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e⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅tion
[i-noo-muh-rey-shuh
n, i-nyoo-] 
–noun
| 1. | an act of enumerating. |
| 2. | a catalog or list. |
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| e·nu·mer·ate (ĭ-nōō'mə-rāt', -nyōō'-) tr.v. e·nu·mer·at·ed, e·nu·mer·at·ing, e·nu·mer·ates
[Latin ēnumerāre, ēnumerāt-, to count out : ē-, ex-, ex- + numerus, number; see nem- in Indo-European roots.] e·nu'mer·a'tion n., e·nu'mer·a'tive (-mə-rā'tĭv, -mər-ə-) adj., e·nu'mer·a'tor n. |
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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. 2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed. Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our enumeration. --Paley. 3. (Rhet.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
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enumeration
1577, from L. enumeratus, pp. of enumerare "to reckon up, count over, enumerate," from ex- "from" + numerare "to count, number," from numerus "number."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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enumeration
1.
Compare well-ordered.
2.
(1996-11-28)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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