Definizione monolingua

uncountable

uncountable (plural uncountables)

1. (linguistics) An uncountable noun.

uncountable (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. (mathematics) 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.

3. (grammar, of a noun) 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.

   Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.

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

Definizione dizionario uncountable

	non numerabile
	mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
	linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted

	incalcolabile
	too many to be counted

	innumerevole
	too many to be counted

innumerabile

Altri significati:

(grammar, of a noun) 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''' .

(linguistics) An uncountable noun.

So many as to be incapable of being counted.

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