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immeasurability

immeasurability

1 9.7
Being too large or great to know exactly
  • noun
  • /ɪˌmɛʒərˈæblɪti/
: inmedibilidad
  • In science, the immeasurability of certain phenomena can be frustrating.

Examples

  • Scientists continue to be fascinated by the immeasurability of the universe.

  • The immeasurability of love makes it difficult to quantify.

  • The immeasurability of her kindness touched everyone around her.

  • We were awed by the immeasurability of the mountain landscape.

  • The immeasurability of her kindness touched everyone around her.

  • In science, the immeasurability of certain phenomena can be frustrating.

  • The immeasurability of love makes it difficult to quantify.

Synonyms

imponderability
vsimmeasurability
  • Formal
1 9.9

A factor that cannot be measured or predicted

is the abstract state of being impossible to measure or calculate
incalculability
vsimmeasurability
1 9.9

Something that cannot be measured, predicted, or counted

refers specifically to being impossible to measure or calculate

Antonyms

measurability
1 6.1

The ease of getting a number for something

How Measurable

immeasurability
1 9.7
inestimable
3 8.6

Surface Forms

immeasurability singular
immeasurabilities plural

Morphology

immeasurability = immeasurable (transparent) = im + measur + ability

The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'immeasurable' with the suffix '-ity', and the meaning is straightforward.

Etymology

The word immeasurability breaks into im- 'not' and measure 'to find size or amount'. So, immeasurability means being 'not able to be measured', which is why we use it for things too big or deep to measure.