numerabilityn.
/ˌnjuːm(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌn(j)um(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The quality of being numerable; countability.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > capability of calculation
numbrablenessc1705
quotiety1862
calculability1873
numerability1876
computability1881
denumerability1935
enumerability1939
1876 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 35 713 Both alike come under the general relation of whole to parts, and of number, or numerability, as inseparable from this; and the quantities which they serve to constitute are, in the case of both, continuous quantities.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson Tales of Arabia in Poems (1916) I. 204 Fair ones, beyond all numerability, Beam from the palace, beam on humanity.
1939 Econ. Jrnl. 49 466 This does not imply that utility is an additive quality like extensity or temporality, or the numerability of mere collections of objects.
1989 W. Sheed Baseball & Lesser Sports (1991) 82 Usage has narrowed it to the numbers people, those whiz kids of the computer generation who have fallen head over heels for the sheer numerability of baseball.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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