countable

adjective

count·​able ˈkau̇n-tə-bəl How to pronounce countable (audio)
: capable of being counted
especially : capable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers
a countable set
countability noun
countably adverb

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However, the massive gold deposits in California inspired Congress to authorize a gold coin that was twice as big as a way to turn the Golden State’s riches into spendable and countable money. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024 The shift removed a previous rule in which the maximum number of countable coaches was 11. Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024 Remove that amount from the countable revenue, and that substantial operating shortfall of $34.1 million becomes a $108.6 million crater. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024 And since mathematicians already knew the family of countable graphs was Borel complete — that is, maximally complicated with respect to isomorphism — this meant the family of countable TFABs must also be Borel complete. Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2021 See all Example Sentences for countable 

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of countable was in 1581

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“Countable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countable. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

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