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countable | x |

As an adjective countable

is capable of being counted; having a quantity.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

countable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
  • (mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
  • (mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite or finite; having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers.
  • (grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.

    • Synonyms

    * (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers) denumerable

    Antonyms

    * uncountable

    Hyponyms

    * (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers) finite, countably infinite

    Hypernyms

    * (countably infinite) infinite

    Derived terms

    * countable set * countable additivity

    Related terms

    * countability

    See also

    * mass noun * plurale tantum

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----