| Main Entry: | numeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | count |
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calculation, computation, enumeration, numbering, outcome, poll, reckoning, result, sum, tally, toll, total*, whole |
| Concept: | Numeration. |
| Category: | 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT |
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-nouns
numeration; numbering; pagination; tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy; measurement; statistics., arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions; differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus; calculus of differences., [Statistics] dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation; account (list)., [Operations] notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration., [Instruments] abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick [coll.], tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan-pan; adding machine; cash register; electronic calculator, calculator, computer., [people who calculate] arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer; accountant, auditor.
-verbs
number, count, tally, tell; call over, run over; take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate; sum; sum up, cast up; tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots., algebraize., check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock; affix numbers to, page., amount to, add up to, come to.
-adjectives
numeral, numerical; arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable; commensurable, commensurate; incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite.
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