Definition of incomputable in English:
incomputable
adjective ɪnkəmˈpjuːtəb(ə)lˌɪnkəmˈpjudəb(ə)l
rare Unable to be calculated or estimated.
Example sentencesExamples
- It requires us to know what ‘would be’ illegal under current Canadian law in all conceivable imaginary worlds, which is an incomputable function.
- Everyone learns that winning love is about more than just impressing or listening well, but always has some illogical and incomputable element.
- Some probabilities are incomputable - the good news is that we know which ones.
- Mathematicians working in an emerging field somewhere between physics, computer science and philosophy are investigating new ways of ‘computing the incomputable’ which could radically broaden our understanding of the world.
Synonyms
inestimable, indeterminable, untold, immeasurable, uncountable, not to be reckoned
Origin
Early 17th century: from in-1 'not' + Latin computabilis 'able to be counted' (see compute).
Definition of incomputable in US English:
incomputable
adjectiveˌinkəmˈpyo͞odəb(ə)lˌɪnkəmˈpjudəb(ə)l
rare Unable to be calculated or estimated.
some probabilities are incomputable
Example sentencesExamples
- It requires us to know what ‘would be’ illegal under current Canadian law in all conceivable imaginary worlds, which is an incomputable function.
- Everyone learns that winning love is about more than just impressing or listening well, but always has some illogical and incomputable element.
- Mathematicians working in an emerging field somewhere between physics, computer science and philosophy are investigating new ways of ‘computing the incomputable’ which could radically broaden our understanding of the world.
- Some probabilities are incomputable - the good news is that we know which ones.
Synonyms
inestimable, indeterminable, untold, immeasurable, uncountable, not to be reckoned
Origin
Early 17th century: from in- ‘not’ + Latin computabilis ‘able to be counted’ (see compute).