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—denumerability, n. —denumerably, adv./di nooh"meuhr euh beuhl, -nyooh"-/, adj.countable (def. 2b).[1900-05; DE- + NUMERABLE]
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denumerable — adj. that can be counted. Syn: countable, enumerable, numerable. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
denumerable — denumerable/non denumerable … Philosophy dictionary
denumerable — [dē no͞o′mər ə bəl, dēnyo͞o′mər ə bəl] adj. [ DE + NUMERABLE] countable: said of a set, either finite or infinite, whose elements can be put in one to one correspondence with the natural integers … English World dictionary
denumerable — adjective Capable of being assigned numbers from the natural numbers. Especially applied to sets where finite sets and sets that have a one to one mapping to the natural numbers are called denumerable. The empty set is denumerable because it is… … Wiktionary
denumerable/non-denumerable — A denumerable set is one whose cardinality is that of the natural numbers. A set is non denumerable if it is of greater cardinality than this. Cantor s theorem proves the existence of such sets. A finite set is of lesser cardinality than the… … Philosophy dictionary
denumerable — adjective Date: 1902 countable • denumerability noun • denumerably adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
denumerable — [dɪ nju:m(ə)rəb(ə)l] adjective Mathematics able to be counted by one to one correspondence with the set of integers. Derivatives denumerability noun denumerably adverb Origin early 20th cent.: from late L. denumerare count out … English new terms dictionary
denumerable — de·numerable … English syllables
denumerable — de•nu•mer•a•ble [[t]dɪˈnu mər ə bəl, ˈnyu [/t]] adj. math. countable 2), b) • Etymology: 1900–05 de•nu mer•a•bil′i•ty, n. de•nu′mer•a•bly, adv … From formal English to slang
denumerable — /dəˈnjumərəbəl/ (say duh nyoohmuhruhbuhl) adjective Mathematics (of a set) finite or countable …
