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uncountability en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌn.kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English uncountability From un- + count + -ability.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being uncountable.
   • A stochastic process separable with respect to D is 2°-measurable, and one may reasonably assume that the fact that D is countable removes the discrepancies connected with “uncountabilities". 1990, Luigi M. Ricciardi, Lectures in Applied Mathematics and Informatics, page 338:
   • And short of infinity, uncountabilities abound. These fantastic quantities apply to the cosmos as a whole, the terrestrial disc, Mount Meru, the temporal cycles, the lifespans of deities and hell-beings and much else. 2015, Lawrence A. Babb, Understanding Jainism:
   • the uncountability of the stars in the night sky
   • the grammatical uncountability of a noun

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Antonyms

countability