[mass noun]the action or process of calculating or assigning a number to something 计算;编号 ■[count noun]a method or process of numbering, counting, or computing 编号(方式);计数(方式);计算(方式)
语源
late Middle English: from Latin numeratio(n-) 'payment' (in late Latin 'numbering'), from the verb numerare 'to number'