COUNTABLE

countable, denumerable, enumerable, numerable

(adjective) that can be counted; “countable sins”; “numerable assets”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

countable (not comparable)

Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

Antonym: uncountable

(mathematics, of a set) Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.

Antonym: uncountable

(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.

Synonym: denumerable

(grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.

Antonym: uncountable

Usage notes

The mathematics sense by which finite sets are countable is more common than the sense by which finite sets are not countable. To avoid ambiguity, the terms at most countable or countably infinite may be used.

Antonyms

• non-denumerable

Hypernyms

• (countably infinite): infinite

Hyponyms

• (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers): finite, countably infinite

Source: Wiktionary


Count"a*ble (--b'l), a.

Definition: Capable of being numbered.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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