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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.
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
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See also: énumération
English
Noun
enumeration (plural enumerations)
- The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
- A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
- A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
- (computing) A set of named constants.
Synonyms
- (set of named constants): enum
Translations
the act of enumerating
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