enumeration en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪˌnjuːməˈɹeɪʃən/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪˌnuːməˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology
From Middle French énumeration (French énumération). By surface analysis, enumerate + -ion.
Meanings
- The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
- A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
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A list; especially, a numbered list.
using the serial comma in enumerations
- A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
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A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.
In Ada, enumeration literals are allowed to appear in more than one declaration in the same referencing environment.
2010, Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley Longman, page 261:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enumerations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
scoped enumeration · underenumeration · enumeration comma
Relateds
Synonyms
telling · enumeration · numbering · citation · numeration · telling · numbering · listing · counting · enum
Translations (25)
fi luetelma (programming: kind of data type) · ja 列挙 (the act of enumerating) · nl opsomming (the act of enumerating) · it enumerazione (the act of enumerating) · de Auflistung (the act of enumerating) · ga ríomh (the act of enumerating) · es enumeración (the act of enumerating) · ko 나열 (the act of enumerating) · fi lueteltu tyyppi (programming: kind of data type) · fi luettelu (the act of enumerating) · de Aufzählen (the act of enumerating) · tl sabilang (the act of enumerating) · izh numeratsia (the act of enumerating) · hy թվարկում (the act of enumerating) · ko 열거형 (programming: kind of data type) · de Aufzählung (the act of enumerating) · de Auflisten (the act of enumerating) · fr énumération (the act of enumerating) · ja 列挙型 (programming: kind of data type) · fa رنامیدن (the act of enumerating) · hy թվարկություն (the act of enumerating) · pt enumeração (programming: kind of data type) · ru перечисле́ние (the act of enumerating) · ko 열거 (the act of enumerating) · pt enumeração (the act of enumerating)