countably
- a word derived from countable.
Example Sentences
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Any classes of numbers you can describe explicitly end up being merely countably infinite.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 12, 2019
A collection of objects is countably infinite if you can list the objects so you know where each one is on the list and what comes next.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 12, 2019
The leakier tent pairs the the countably many endpoints with the uncountably many irrational points and the uncountably many non-endpoints with the countably many rational points.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2015
In Cantor’s leaky tent, the countably many endpoints of the Cantor set are paired with the countably many rational points on the line to p.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2015
A similar argument can demonstrate that while the rational numbers are countably infinite, the irrational numbers are uncountably so.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 23, 2013
