enumeration

From Middle French énumération.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• IPA^(key): /ɪˌnjuːməˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɪˌnuːməˈɹeɪʃən/

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enumeration (plural enumerations)

1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

   Synonyms: listing, numbering, telling; see also Thesaurus:counting

2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
3. A list; especially, a numbered list.

   using the serial comma in enumerations

4. A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
5. (programming) A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.

   Synonym: enum

   • 2010, Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley Longman, page 261:

     In Ada, enumeration literals are allowed to appear in more than one declaration in the same referencing environment.

• scoped enumeration

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