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# numeration

noun (numeration — uncountable; a numeration, numerations)

«numeration» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (maths) The way numbers are written, read and named, for example our place-value system with ten digits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#m1)
2. (formal) Counting or numbering things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#m2)

### In the lessons

A maths word: "systems of numeration" include our base-ten system, Roman numerals and ancient Egyptian and Mayan numbers. In numeration lessons pupils learn place value: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.

### Examples

- Our system of numeration uses ten digits, 0 to 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x1)
- Roman numeration uses letters like I, V, X and L. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x2)
- The Maya had a numeration system based on twenty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x3)
- In numeration we learned to read big numbers like 4,056,000. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x4)
- Place value is the key idea of numeration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x5)
- Babylonian numeration was based on sixty, which is why an hour has sixty minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x6)

### Note

Mostly a formal or maths-textbook word. Related: "number", "numeral" (a written symbol for a number, like 7 or VII), "enumerate" (to list one by one).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Westcott's translation says one path is "stable" because it stays consistent across all counting. In the primary lessons: A maths word: "systems of numeration" include our base-ten system, Roman numerals and ancient Egyptian and Mayan numbers. In numeration lessons pupils learn place value: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.

### Examples

- and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/numeration/#x1)
- The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/numeration/#x2)

### Note

Mostly a formal or maths-textbook word. Related: "number", "numeral" (a written symbol for a number, like 7 or VII), "enumerate" (to list one by one).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «numeration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «numeration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/numeration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«numeration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/numeration.html) on Mova free.