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Definition of Incalculable
1. Adjective. Not capable of being computed or enumerated.
Also: Indeterminable, Undeterminable
Antonyms: Calculable
Definition of Incalculable
1. a. Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great.
Definition of Incalculable
1. Adjective. (not comparable) Very great or numerous. ¹
2. Adjective. (not comparable mathematics) Impossible to calculate. ¹
3. Adjective. (comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: Impossible to predict. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incalculable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incalculable
Literary usage of Incalculable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aristocracy and Evolution: A Study of the Rights, the Origin, and the Social by William Hurrell Mallock (1898)
"... Book I Chapter a for if the appearance of the great man is incalculable,
progress, if it depends on him, must be incalculable also ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"... not to say impossibility, of any important matter being lost sight of—and on
the incalculable benefits arising from refreshing one's memory at any date ..."
3. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1864)
"... testifies that he waa familiar with the in peace, more than ten millions of
dollars, while its value at this time was absolutely incalculable. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"proved the incalculable value of inventional geometry in a course of study ; and
eleven years' experience in many classes ! in different schools confirms ..."
5. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"justice by another, a process almost womanly in its enthusiastic unfairness.
It must be retrospective amends for incalculable former wrongs, I suppose. ..."
6. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... has relieved incalculable suffering in the human race. Not far from these,
Sir Charles Lyell, the distinguished geologist; Sir John Herschel, ..."
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