ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English numeracion, from Latin numeration-, numeratio, from numeratus (past participle of numerare to count) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : a system or process of enumeration
the positional system which came at length by way of the Arabs to supersede the clumsy numeration of the Romans — Times Literary Supplement
b. : the application of enumerative processes : computation
study of African or American Indian languages shows systems of numeration , often on a decimal scale — D.J.Struik
c. : an act or instance of counting or of applying numbers to something : census , numbering
make an exact numeration of the inhabitants of Ireland — Edmund Burke
a fourteenth century Arabic numeration is written in the lower outer corner of the verso of the leaves — Jack Finegan
2. : arithmetical skill ; especially : the art of reading off in words numbers set down in figures