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单词 numeration
释义 nu·mer·a·tion
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English numeracion, from Latin numeration-, numeratio, from numeratus (past participle of numerare to count) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
 a. : a system or process of enumeration
  < the positional system which came at length by way of the Arabs to supersede the clumsy numeration of the Romans — Times Literary Supplement >
 b. : the application of enumerative processes : computation
  < study of African or American Indian languages shows systems of numeration, often on a decimal scale — D.J.Struik >
 c. : an act or instance of counting or of applying numbers to something : census, numbering
  < make an exact numeration of the inhabitants of Ireland — Edmund Burke >
  < a fourteenth century Arabic numeration is written in the lower outer corner of the verso of the leaves — Jack Finegan >
2. : arithmetical skill; especially : the art of reading off in words numbers set down in figures
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