simple enumeration

American  

noun

Logic, Philosophy.

1. a procedure for arriving at empirical generalizations by haphazard accumulation of positive instances.

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simple enumeration

The details or even a simple enumeration of the new applications of slate would, in order to be anywhere nearly complete, necessitate a lengthy article.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 by Various

A simple enumeration of a few of its features may give some idea of its collective grandeur and magnificence.

From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville

From this simple enumeration, it can easily be understood what a useless task we should impose upon ourselves were we merely to enter upon so wide and difficult a subject.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

The simple enumeration of the various public fêtes, each of which was necessarily accompanied by a distinct ceremonial, would take up much time were we to attempt to give it even in the shortest manner.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

For this, a simple enumeration of actions which such and such a man will do, is not enough.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by John Earle