Enumeration - Dictionary Definition and Overview

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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Enumeration : \E*nu`mer*a"tion\, n. [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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Enumeration :

1. A bijection with the natural numbers; a counted set.

Compare well-ordered.

2. enumerated type.

(1996-11-28)

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Enumeration
	kiwibastard: @PolarBearFarm sounds like me last week. Rewrote a shite load of code I thought was buggy to realise I had fast Enumeration on a dict wrong.
	viper34j: Trying to #cast a string as an #enum in #vb? http://mattwjones.net/?p=59 #Enumeration #typecasting
	xanda: RT @TomSellers: My IBM DB2 DAS Enumeration code has been posted for testing, basically does an unauth'ed server profile export - http:// ...

Enumeration - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Enumeration