Definition/Meaning of uncountable

• English - Noun: uncountable ( plural uncountables ) ( linguistics ) An uncountable noun .
• English - Adjective: uncountable ( not comparable ) 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 . ( 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 . ( grammar , of a noun ) Describes a…
• English - Etymology: un- + countable ( count + -able )
• English - See also: ( mathematics ) infinite ( mathematics ) innumerable ( linguistics ) mass noun ( linguistics ) singulare tantum Category:Uncountable nouns by language