summable

[ suhm-uh-buhl ]

adjectiveMathematics.
  1. capable of being added.

  2. (of an infinite series, especially a divergent one) capable of having a sum assigned to it by a method other than the usual one of taking the limit of successive partial sums.

  1. (of a function) possessing a finite Lebesgue integral.

Origin of summable

1
First recorded in 1775–85; sum + -able

Other words from summable

  • sum·ma·bil·i·ty, noun
  • un·sum·ma·ble, adjective

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