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immeasurability

immeasurability

9.7
Being too large or great to know exactly
  • noun
  • /ɪˌmɛʒərˈæblɪti/
translation icon : 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

incalculability
vsimmeasurability
9.9

Something that cannot be measured, predicted, or counted

refers specifically to being impossible to measure or calculate
imponderability
vsimmeasurability
  • Formal
9.9

A factor that cannot be measured or predicted

is the abstract state of being impossible to measure or calculate

Antonyms

measurability
1 6.1

The ease of getting a number for something

How Measurable

immeasurability
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.