uncountably

English - Turkish

Definition of uncountably in English Turkish dictionary

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uncountable

{s} sayılamaz

Reel sayılar kümesi sayılamazdır. - The set of real numbers is uncountable.

uncountable

sayılamayan

uncountable

{s} hesaplanamaz

English - English

Definition of uncountably in English English dictionary

Used as a general intensifier of amounts and quantities; very; much

Too many to be counted (either by reason of being infinite or for practical constraints)

The stars in the sky are uncountably many, even a life time would not suffice to number them all.

In a way that is incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof

If a set is neither finite nor countably infinite, it is said to be uncountably infinite or simply uncountable.

An intensifier, a particularly great or vast number

Related Terms

uncountable

Describes a meaning of a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore takes no plural form. Example: information

One meaning in law of the supposedly uncountable noun information is used in the plural and is countable.

uncountable

So many as to be incapable of being counted

The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.

uncountable

An uncountable noun

uncountable

Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof

Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.

uncountable

{a} numberless, infinite, endless

uncountable

an uncountable noun has no plural form and refers to something which cannot be counted or regarded as either singular or plural, for example 'money' or 'happiness'. In this dictionary uncountable nouns are marked countable

uncountable

{s} cannot be counted, whose precise number cannot be known; large beyond measure

uncountable

Describes a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore takes no plural form. Example: information

Etymology

() uncountable +‎ -ly or un- +‎ countably