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nu⋅mer⋅a⋅tion

[noo-muh-rey-shuhn, nyoo-]
–noun
1. an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
2. the process or a method of reckoning or calculating.
3. the act, art, or method of expressing or reading off numbers set down in numerals, esp. those written decimally.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L numerātiōn- (s. of numerātiō) a counting out, paying, equiv. to numerāt(us) numerate + -iōn- -ion


nu⋅mer⋅a⋅tive, adjective
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nu·mer·a·tion   (nōō'mə-rā'shən, nyōō'-)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of counting or numbering; enumeration.

  2. A system of numbering.

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