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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: numeratio, from numerare 'to count', from numerus; NUMBER1

numeration

 noun
     
Related topics: Maths
nu‧me‧ra‧tion [uncountable and countable] technical
HM a system of counting or the process of counting
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