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incomputable

American  
[in-kuhm-pyoo-tuh-buhl] / ˌɪn kəmˈpyu tə bəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being computed; incalculable.


incomputable British  
/ ˌɪnkəmˈpjuːtəbəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being computed; incalculable

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Other Word Forms

  • incomputability noun
  • incomputably adverb

Etymology

Origin of incomputable

First recorded in 1600–10; in- 3 + computable ( def. )

Example Sentences

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But experts say Go presents an entirely different challenge because of the game's incomputable number of move options which means that the computer must be capable of human-like "intuition" to prevail.

From BBC

How much more truly, gloriously fantastically incomputable – 42 years and many children's books later – that calculation is today.

From The Guardian

Even when Turing was kept busy by wartime code-breaking and the practical implementation of his universal computer, he never forgot that he had, in 1936, discovered something even bigger: the 'incomputable' world.

From Nature

We have endeavored to explain why our weather is so uncertain and incomputable.

From Project Gutenberg

Across that Ocean, at a distance incomputable by the human intellect, is the male half of our system.

From Project Gutenberg