- incalculable
- incalculable ► ADJECTIVE 1) too great to be calculated or estimated. 2) not able to be calculated, estimated, or predicted.DERIVATIVES incalculability noun incalculably adverb.
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incalculable — [ ɛ̃kalkylabl ] adj. • 1779; de 1. in et calculable 1 ♦ Impossible à calculer. Le nombre incalculable des étoiles. 2 ♦ Cour. Impossible ou difficile à apprécier. ⇒ considérable, illimité, incommensurable. « Petit, fatal événement qui eut d… … Encyclopédie Universelle
incalculable — in‧cal‧cu‧la‧ble [ɪnˈkælkjləbl] adjective formal not possible to calculate: • The social cost of unemployment is incalculable. • Countries are insuring against the incalculable risk of the consequences of climate change. * * * incalculable UK… … Financial and business terms
Incalculable — In*cal cu*la*ble, a. [Pref. in not + calculable: cf. F. incalculable.] Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great; as, his action did incalculable harm. {In*cal cu*la*ble*ness}, n. {In*cal cu*la*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incalculable — adjetivo 1. Que no puede calcularse, por ser muy grande: Es incalculable el número de personas que acudieron al estreno. Este collar tiene un valor incalculable … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
incalculable — 1. adj. Que no se puede calcular. 2. Muy grande o muy numeroso. Fortuna incalculable. [m6]Material incalculable … Diccionario de la lengua española
incalculable — I adjective aleatory, boundless, countless, endless, enormous, equivocal, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, imponderable, incomprehensible, incomputable, indefinite, indeterminate, inestimable, inexhaustible, infinite, innumerable, innumerous,… … Law dictionary
incalculable — (adj.) 1795, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + calculable (see CALCULATE (Cf. calculate)). Related: Incalculably; incalculability … Etymology dictionary
incalculable — [adj] countless, limitless boundless, capricious, chancy, enormous, erratic, fluctuant, iffy*, immense, incomputable, inestimable, infinite, innumerable, jillion*, measureless, no end of*, no end to*, numberless, uncertain, uncountable, unfixed,… … New thesaurus
incalculable — [in kal′kyo͞o lə bəl, in kal′kyələ bəl] adj. 1. that cannot be calculated; too great or too many to be counted 2. too uncertain to be counted on; unpredictable incalculability n. incalculably adv … English World dictionary
incalculable — ► adjetivo 1 Que no puede ser calculado: ■ cantidad incalculable con los medios tecnológicos actuales. SINÓNIMO incontable 2 Que no puede valorarse por demasiado grande o numeroso: ■ el incendio tendrá consecuencias incalculables. * * *… … Enciclopedia Universal
