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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enumeration \E*nu'mer*a"tion\, noun [L. enumeratio: cf. F. ['e]num['e]ration.]
1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our enumeration. --Paley.
3. (Rhet.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enumeration
noun
1: a numbered list [syn: {numbering}]
2: the act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: {count}, {counting}, {numeration}, {reckoning}, {tally}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "enumeration": accounting, active list, blacklist, blocking, census, checklist, civil list, counting, dactylonomy, detailing, foliation, inventory, inventorying, itemization, items, list, measurement, numbering, numeration, pagination, parsing, quantification, quantization, register, registry, repertory, resolution, retired list, scansion, schedule, schematization, sick list, tally, tally sheet, tallying, telling
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
enumeration
1. A {bijection} with the {natural numbers}; a {counted set}. Compare {well-ordered}. 2. {enumerated type}. (1996-11-28)
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