enumerable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- enumerably adverb
Etymology
Origin of enumerable
First recorded in 1885–90; enumer(ate) + -able
Example Sentences
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A problem of a wholly different nature is connected with the possible purchase by the man with an unlimited income of an enumerable infinity of pairs of boots.
From Project Gutenberg
And though the examples of such vicissitudes are beyond number, nevertheless I will only enumerable a few in a cursory manner.
From Project Gutenberg
Thus there are an enumerable infinity of boots, but the number of the socks cannot be determined without admitting the axiom mentioned above.
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