"a numbering" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to reference a specific number or set of numbers. For example: "This document provides a numbering system that assigns each item in the inventory a distinct identifier."
One idea is to have a numbering system.
There is a numbering issue with the tapes.
Figure 20.6 shows an example of such a numbering and the resulting table.
Fortunately, there has been a numbering system developed to make this an easier task.
But on close examination many of them were found to carry a numbering system known only to the painter.
(2) The labelling and a numbering scheme, with detailed interconnections of nodes for the ADV switch is given.
In this paper several unique concepts in transient heat conduction are discussed, including intrinsic verification, time partitioning, and a database of solutions organized with a numbering system.
"Literally, it stands for 'protect as restricted data,' " Ms. Wampler replied, "and that is converted into a numbering system" that in a computer indicates the degree of security.
Instead of choosing a numbering system that could support a few thousand or million addresses, the internet's designers foresightedly opted for one that could handle 4 billion.
They are publishing an unknown number of titles selling an unknown number of copies netting an unknown number of dollars under a numbering system nobody else can crack or track.
Getting past ALL AT SEA at 26 Across was tough, first because that phrase didn't immediately come to mind as an answer to the clue "Totally confused," and second because I had made a numbering mistake just before that.
