denumber

Verb

denumber (third-person singular simple present denumbers, present participle denumbering, simple past and past participle denumbered)

1. To denumerate.
   • In the applications which we will now discuss, we propose each time to consider the counting or the denumbering of the signals of a sequence.1950, ACEC review, page 19
   • In a recent paper Sreenivasan [2] has denumbered at least four successive sequences of emergence of ordered and chaotic behaviour for the Reynolds number range of 100 to 200.1987, F. Durst, Turbulent shear flows 5, page 82
2. To go from a number to the item or element that it indexes.
   • The program for denumbering gives the possibility by the numbers from a given range to receive the correspondent mnemocombinations.1985, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, page 81
   • On the contrary, it is clear in picture 1 that they become important in the 4 Hz experiment : lateral peaks are following the rotating magnetic field and it is difficult to denumber these on picture 1.1992, E. Sirota, Complex Fluids, page 245
3. To abolish a system of numbering.
   • This resolution was passed before the plaintiff came to the meeting, and on its being read to him when he came he challenged the company's right to denumber his shares.1976, African Law Reports: Commercial law series - Volume 1, page 154
   • A company which has issued numbered shares may abolish these numbers by passing a 'denumbering resolution' in general meeting.1987, Devey Fearon de l'Hoste Ranking, Ernest Evan Spicer, J. M. Gullick, Ranking and Spicer's Company law, page 111
4. To remove from a numbered list of official items, members, etc.
   • After fulfilling duties of locking up and denumbering their forces, we withdrew out of Hanoi at night of 17 Feb 1947.2000, Minh Trị Lưu, Hanoi Capital, page 50
   • It is not impossible that the actual application of SRS will denumber more other 'ectopic' locations and lowers the number of unknown or unfound primaries.2012, J.M. Debois, Selected Topics in Clinical Oncology, page 86