countable

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countable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Countable \Count"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a.
     Capable of being numbered.
     [1913 Webster]

countable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  countable
      adj 1: that can be counted; "countable sins"; "numerable assets"
             [syn: countable, denumerable, enumerable,
             numerable]

countable - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  countable
  countably many
  uncountable
  
     <mathematics> A term describing a set which is isomorphic
     to a subet of the natural numbers.  A countable set has
     "countably many" elements.  If the isomorphism is stated
     explicitly then the set is called "a counted set" or "an
     enumeration".
  
     Examples of countable sets are any finite set, the natural numbers
     , integers, and rational numbers.  The real numbers
      and complex numbers are not [proof?].
  
     (1999-08-29)