Countable Definition

kountə-bəl
adjective
Capable of being counted.
Countable items; countable sins.
American Heritage
Capable of being put into a one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers.
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(mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.

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

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

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

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Origin of Countable

  • From count (“to enumerate") +"Ž -able

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Countable Sentence Examples

  • This is almost always true of proofs that use countable ordinals.

  • If one is gradually raised in pitch beating begins, at first easily countable.

  • A countable intersection of open dense sets is the intersection of a countable number of open dense sets.

  • Now comes the moment to admit that my ` applications ' of countable ordinals were, in a sense, a con.

  • There is a strict list of requirements that includes criteria for household income as well as countable resources and work stipulations for able-bodied adults.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOU

Words Ending With

ELEBLE

Unscrambles

countable

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With LE

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With E