transnumeration

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ numeration

Noun

transnumeration (uncountable)

1. (mathematics, education) The transformation of numerical data in a meaningful way, for example by representing it in a table or graph.

   This table of prices shows no obvious pattern, but after transnumeration into a line graph, an upward trend becomes noticeable.

   • 2006, Gail F. Burrill, Portia C. Elliott, Thinking and reasoning with data and chance, page 79:

     […] transnumeration, a word coined by Wild and Pfannkuch to indicate a radical shift that can occur in the contextual interpretation of information when data have been transformed by tables, graphs, or some other type of representation.