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Webster 1913 Edition


Enumeration

E-nuˊmer-a′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
enumeratio
: cf. F.
énumération
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enumeration

ENUMERA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. enumeratio.] The act of counting or telling a number, by naming each particular.
1.
An account of a number of things, in which mention is made of every particular article.
2.
In rhetoric, a part of a peroration, in which the orator recapitulates the principal points or heads of the discourse or argument.

Definition 2024


enumeration

enumeration

See also: énumération

English

Noun

enumeration (plural enumerations)

  1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
  2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
  3. A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
  4. (computing) A set of named constants.

Synonyms

  • (set of named constants): enum

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