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denumeration|dɪˌnjuːməˈreɪʃən|
[ad. L. dē-, dīnumerātiōn-em, n. of action from dē-, dīnumerāre: see prec.]
†1. A reckoning up, enumeration. Obs.
1623Favine Theat. Hon. vi. ix. 152 As it is written in the denumeration of the Constables. 1651Ld. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. iv. 48 A place in their denumeration of Hereticks.
b. Reckoning by numbers, arithmetical calculation. rare.
1851Mansel Prolegom. Logica (1860) 115 note, Subtraction may be demonstrated from Addition..though it is simpler to regard Subtraction as an independent process of denumeration.
c. Math. The determination of the denumerant of an equation.
1859[see denumerant.]
†2. (See quots.) Obs.
1727Bailey vol. II, Denumeration, a present paying down of money. 1848in Wharton Law Lex. |