countable
able to be counted.
Mathematics.
(of a set) having a finite number of elements.
(of a set) having elements that form a one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; denumerable; enumerable.
Origin of countable
1Other words from countable
- count·a·bil·i·ty, count·a·ble·ness, noun
- count·a·bly, adverb
Words Nearby countable
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How to use countable in a sentence
For Decrypt, it’s not even a countable portion of the company’s revenue, Roazzi-Laforet added.
Media Briefing: Publishers are tapping internal first-party data ‘influencers’ to rally their broader organizations | Tim Peterson | December 9, 2021 | DigidayOne, two, three, and so on, to countable infinity, denoted somewhat biblically as 0ℵ, or aleph-zero.
How I Escaped My Troubles Through Science - Issue 104: Harmony | Subodh Patil | August 25, 2021 | NautilusMeanwhile, the countable process in the animation above, if allowed to run forever, will contain ℵ0 points.
I don't believe they are really any relation to Lady Myrtle—at least not anything countable.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthThe lightning came, in one of those broad, sheetlike flickers that seem to irradiate the world for countable seconds.
The Flying Death | Samuel Hopkins Adams
If I'm to be held 'countable he doesn't live here no longer; I know that much.'
Demos | George GissingThis was not sufficient, because though visible not sufficiently tangible, countable, and tariffable.
A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2) | T. Adolphus TrollopeBemebibi, chief of the Lesser Isisi, was too fat a man for a dreamer, for visions run with countable ribs and a cough.
Bones | Edgar Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for countable
/ (ˈkaʊntəbəl) /
capable of being counted
maths logic able to be counted using the natural numbers; finite or denumerable
linguistics denoting a count noun
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