Numeration

  

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Numeration

Definitions: Numeration

Numeration

Noun

1. Naming numbers.

2. The act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "numeration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Numeration

DomainDefinitions

Computing

A representation of a number in a numeration system. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Numeration

Synonyms: count (n), counting (n), enumeration (n), reckoning (n), tally (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Numeration

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Numeration

Noun: numeration; numbering; Verb: pagination; tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy; measurement; statistics.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Numeration

English words defined with "numeration": Abstract unit, algorism, Augrim stonesbase, binary number system, binary numeration system, binary systemDecillion, Decimal arithmetic, decimal number system, decimal numeration system, decimal systemequivalent-binary-digit factorfixed-point notation, fixed-point representation system, floating-point notation, floating-point representation systemhexadecimal number system, hexadecimal systemNonillion, numeration system, Numerativeoctal number system, octal numeration system, Octillionpositional notation, positional representation system, pure binary numeration systemQuintilllionradixSeptillion, sexadecimal number system, Sextillion, system of numeration. (references)
Specialty definitions using "numeration": complement on ninefixed pointnines complement, number representationones complementpositional representation. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Numeration

DomainTitle

Books

  • Addition, Subtraction, Place Value, and Other Numeration Systems: Reproducible Skill Builders and Higher Order Thinking Activities Based on Nctm stan (reference)

  • Hands-On Math: Learning Numeration Through Manipulative Activities (reference)

  • History of Binary and Other Nondecimal Numeration (reference)

  • Mathematics-Methods Program: Numeration, Instructor's Manual (reference)

  • Numeration (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Numeration

"Numeration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Numeration" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Numeration

Expressions using "numeration": binary numeration system decimal numeration system numeration system octal numeration system pure binary numeration system system of numeration. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Numeration

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  egyptian numeration system

14

  numeration system

10

  mayan numeration system

9

  chinese numeration system

8

  babylonian numeration system

7

  ancient numeration system

6

  numeration

6

  egyptian numeration

4

  arabic hindu numeration system

4

  numeration sumerian system

2
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Modern Translations: Numeration

Language Translations for "numeration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

numërim (counting, enumeration, numbering, recapitulation, reckoning, rehearsal), llogaritje (account, accountancy, accounting, assessment, calculation, cast, computation, estimate, reckoning, recording). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏العد اللفظي, ‏إحصاء (compute, count, counting). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

номерация, номериране, броене (count), пресмятане (calculation, count, estimate, estimation, reckoning), преброяване (count, reckoning), изчисляване (determination), изчисление (calculation, cast, compute, estimate, guess, logistics, reckoning, working out). (various references)

   

Danish

  

talrepræsentation (number representation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

getalvoorstelling (number representation, numeral). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lukuesitys (number representation). (various references)

   

French

  

numération (number representation, numbering). (various references)

   

German

  

Nummerierung (numbering), Aufzählung (bill, enumeration, recital, rehearsal, specification). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παράσταση αριθμού (number representation), αρίθμηση (count, counting, enumeration, numbering). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מספור, "בעת מספר, ספיר" (count, counting, era, score), ספרור (numbering). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

számolás (calculation, count, counting, figures, reckoning). (various references)

   

Italian

  

numerazione (book number, call number, folio, folio number, location mark, notation, numbering, shelf number, signature). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

記数法 (number representation system, numeration system). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きすうほう (number representation system, numeration system). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umerationnay

   

Portuguese

  

numeração (notation, number representation, numbering). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

numãrare (numbering), calcul (account, calculation, calculus, casting, computation, concretion, estimate, estimation, rate, sum). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

нумерация, исчисление (calculus, estimate). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

ireamh (number, numbering, quantity). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

numerisanje, računanje (calculation, computation, computing, reckoning). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

numeración (counting, filtration, number representation, numbering). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

talrepresentation (number representation), beräkning (account, apportionment, calculation, computation, computing, estimate, estimation, forethought, projection, reckoning). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การนับ (count). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

numaralama (numbering), numara okuma yöntemi, sayılarla belirtme. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

обчислення (calculation, computation, evaluation, reckoning), нумерація (numbering), лічба (arithmetic). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự đánh s, phép đếm, phép đọc số sự ghi số. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Numeration

Derivations

Words beginning with "numeration": numerations. (additional references)

Words ending with "numeration": enumeration. (additional references)

Words containing "numeration": enumerations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Numeration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: namsrain, nemertean. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Numeration"

Words rhyming with "numeration" (pronounced 'Nu`mer*a"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Numeration

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-u"

-2 letters: anointer, mountain, neutrino, nominate, ornament, reanoint, routeman, ruminant, ruminate, trainmen, unornate.

-3 letters: amniote, aneurin, automen, enamour, enation, entrain, intoner, manitou, mannite, mention, minaret, minuter, moneran, montane, moraine, mounter, muriate, natrium, neuroma, neutron, nonmeat, noumena, outearn, raiment, rainout, remnant, remount, reunion, romaine, romaunt, routine, ruinate, taurine, ternion, tinamou, tonearm, tonneau, unmeant, unmiter, unmitre.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: enumeration, mensuration, mountaineer, numerations.

 

+2 letters: anticonsumer, enumerations, menstruation, mensurations, mountaineers, remuneration, unimportance.

 

+3 letters: anticonsumers, argumentation, documentarian, intercommunal, intermountain, macronutrient, menstruations, neuroanatomic, remunerations, unimportances, uninformative.

 

+4 letters: argumentations, commensuration, countermanding, documentarians, incommensurate, insurmountable, macronutrients, mountaineering, neuroanatomies, neuroanatomist, outmaneuvering, pronunciamento, unromanticized.

 

+5 letters: commensurations, countercampaign, counterclaiming, countermarching, enantiomorphous, importunateness, instrumentation, intermodulation, mountaineerings, mountebankeries, neuroanatomical, neuroanatomists, noninstrumental, nonmatriculated, pronunciamentos, uncomplimentary, undemonstrative, underestimation, uninformatively, unsportsmanlike.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Numeration


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 75 6D 65 72 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    ..-    --    .    .-.    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01110101 01101101 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#117 &#109 &#101 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0075 006D 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48877971846786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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