The Collaborative International Dictionary
Numerable \Nu"mer*a*ble\, a. [L. numerabilis. See Number, v. t.] Capable of being numbered or counted.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from Latin numerabilis "that can be counted or numbered," from numerare "to count, number," from numerus "a number" (see number (n.)). Related: Numerably.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Able to be counted; countable. 2 (context mathematics English) In one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers. 3 (context comparable nonstandard English) numerous
WordNet
adj. that can be counted; "countable sins"; "numerable assets" [syn: countable, denumerable, enumerable]
Usage examples of "numerable".
We must therefore take the Unity as infinite not in measureless extension or numerable quantity but in fathomless depths of power.
We stayed at table till eleven o'clock, discussing in numerable pleasant topics, and animating our talk with that choice liqueur made at Grenoble, of which we drank a bottle.