denumerable

American

[dih-noo-mer-uh-buhl, -nyoo-] / dɪˈnu mər ə bəl, -ˈnyu- /

adjective

countable.

denumerable British

/ dɪˈnjuːmərəbəl /

adjective

maths capable of being put into a one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers; countable

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Other Word Forms

denumerability noun
denumerably adverb

Etymology

Origin of denumerable

First recorded in 1900–05; de- + numerable

Example Sentences

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"What do the women think?" he asked, leaping back to safely denumerable things.

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