uncountably
- adverb
- /ʌnˈkaʊntəbli/
- In mathematics, there are uncountably many numbers between any two real numbers.
Examples
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Discovering an uncountably infinite variation of the multiverse would be a feat.
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Now myriad in English means many uncountably many lots.
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Look, there must be some real numbers that we cannot describe or define because there are uncountably many real numbers.
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And then beyond that, there's when you have uncountably many numbers.
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In other words, you generate a random process by looking at an uncountably infinite collection of normal random variables.
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What the quantizer does is to turn an uncountably infinite set of things into a finite set of things.
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But your hypothesis covers uncountably many different cases, and you can test (positively or negatively) only a very few.
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I used to contemplate all the years of my life to come before we might meet again: as uncountably many as grains of rice in a dinner bowl.
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"Simple," came the answer, "the Many-Worlds Theory of Quantum Mechanics allows an uncountably infinite number of parallel universes, each stemming from tiny decisions in a mother world."
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ABSTRACT: There were more data breaches in 2014 than in any prior year, including the well-publicized attacks on Sony, Target, JPMorgan, and Home Depot—and uncountably more on individuals and smaller companies.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
So great that you cannot measure it
So many that you cannot count them
Antonyms
How Numerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncountably = uncountable (transparent) = un + count + able + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'uncountable' (un- + count + -able); the morphological steps are regular and the meaning follows directly.
Etymology
Uncountably breaks into un- 'not', count 'to number', and -ly 'in a way'. So, to call something uncountably many is like saying it is 'not able to be counted' or like the familiar word countless — there are so many you cannot number them.