— numerative , adj.
/nooh'meuh ray"sheuhn, nyooh'-/ , n.
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, esp. those written decimally.
[ 1400-50; late ME numeration- (s. of numeratio ) a counting out, paying, equiv. to numerat ( us ) NUMERATE + -ion- -ION ]