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dinumeration

dinumeration noun: enumeration.

Noun

dinumeration (countable and uncountable, plural dinumerations)

  1. (obsolete) enumeration
    • Seyng therefore, that there is no Dinumeration of tyme with God, it followeth that a thousande yeres with hym, are as one daie […]circa 1600, Thomas Newton, commentary and translation of Martin Luther
    • What therefore do Philosophers number, measure, waigh? All things: yet have they most solemn dinumerations, dimensions, collibrations, ( 1 ) of Heaven, in Astronomy; ( 2 ) of Earth, in Geographie; ( 3 ) of Times, in Chronology; (4) of Cogitations, in Logick, Mnemonick, Prognostic; (5) of Moral...1656, Jan Amos Komensky, Gate Of The Latine Tongue Unlocked, page 161

Examples of dinumeration in a sentence

  • I proceed to the Diagnosis; and with this dinumeration of symptoms, I shall take leave of the reader.1841, Rev. A. Newton, The Conspiracy Exposed, and Rev. S. S. Lattimore Unmasked, page 189:
  • I used a technique called dinumeration, where you list off points one by one.2019, Jermaine Scott, Rapthology: Lessons in Life and Lyrics:

Forms of dinumeration

pluraldinumerations

Origin of dinumeration

From Latin dinumeratio, from di-, dis- + numerare (“to count”), from numerus (“number”).

Questions about dinumeration

What does dinumeration mean?
Dinumeration means enumeration.
How do you use dinumeration in a sentence?
I proceed to the Diagnosis; and with this dinumeration of symptoms, I shall take leave of the reader.
What part of speech is dinumeration?
Dinumeration is a noun.
What is the plural of dinumeration?
The plural of dinumeration is dinumerations.

Words near dinumeration in the dictionary

  1. dinucleosomes
  2. dinucleotide
  3. dinucleotides
  4. dinucleotidic
  5. dinuguan
  6. dinumeration
  7. Dinus
  8. dinutuximab
  9. Dinwiddie
  10. Dinwiddie County
  11. Dinwoodie

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