numeration

[ noo-muh-rey-shuhn, nyoo- ]

noun

1. an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
2. the process or a method of reckoning or calculating.
3. the act, art, or method of expressing or reading off numbers set down in numerals, especially those written decimally.

numeration

/ ˌnjuːməˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of writing, reading, or naming numbers
2. a system of numbering or counting

Derived Forms

• ˈnumerative, adjective

Other Words From

• numer·ative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of numeration¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin numerātiōn- (stem of numerātiō ) a counting out, paying, equivalent to numerāt ( us ) numerate + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

In 1931 Cœdès concluded that the numeration system used in the inscribed date, 605, was decimal in nature and positional in conception and that the central glyph was an empty placeholder, a zero.

From Scientific American

This number was so large that the Greek system of numeration was unable to handle it; Archimedes had to invent a whole new method of denoting really huge numbers.

From Literature

But sometimes, things turn on chaotic forces that brook neither numeration nor categorisation ... or, put another way, David Luiz.

From The Guardian

Although only 0.02% of the US population will be counted through this “in person numeration”, the majority of them will be Indigenous.

From The Guardian

A variation of Raddix — radix — is a mathematical term for the basis of a system of numeration.

From Los Angeles Times