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

Other Word Forms

• numerative 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