countable
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Adjective
countable (not comparable)
- Capable of being counted; having a quantity or a numerical attribute.
- (mathematics, of a set) Having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers.
- (mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
- (grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.
[edit] Synonyms
- (having a bijection with a subset...): denumerable
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[edit] Hyponyms
- (having a bijection with a subset...): finite
- (having a bijection with a subset...): countably infinite
[edit] Hypernyms
- (countably infinite): infinite
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[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
capable of being counted
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having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
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freely used with numbers and the definite article
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