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Definition of Numerosity
1. Noun. A large number.
Generic synonyms: Figure, Number
Specialized synonyms: Multitudinousness
Attributes: Many, Few
Derivative terms: Numerous, Numerous
Definition of Numerosity
1. n. The state of being numerous; numerousness.
Definition of Numerosity
1. Noun. The condition of being numerous ¹
2. Noun. The extent to which something is numerous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numerosity
Literary usage of Numerosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Commentary on the Apocalypse by Moses Stuart (1845)
"... prominent principle of arrangement throughout the Apocalypse, the principle
of numerosity. I must even do this, at the risk of critical disapprobation. ..."
2. The History of the Holy War by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"The numerosity of Palestine Bishops. BUT now let us leave the helmets, and look
on the mitres, and consider the ordering of ecclesiastical affairs. ..."
3. The Theological and Literary Journal (1861)
"The theory which he advances respecting the structure of the Apocalypse, and
denominates its numerosity, and especially its trichotomy, or the threefold ..."
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