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enumeration

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e⋅nu⋅mer⋅a⋅tion

  [i-noo-muh-rey-shuhn, i-nyoo-]
–noun
1. an act of enumerating.
2. a catalog or list.
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Origin:
1545–55; < L ēnumerātiōn- (s. of ēnumerātiō). See enumerate, -ion
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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

  1. To count off or name one by one; list: A spokesperson enumerated the strikers' demands.

  2. To determine the number of; count.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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Computing Dictionary

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

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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