addibility
addibility noun: capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together.
Noun
addibility (uncountable)
- Capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together.
- […] we have no more a clear Idea of infinite Parts in Matter, then we have a clear Idea of an infinite Number, by being able still to add new Numbers to any assigned Number we have: endless Divisibility giving us no more a clear and distinct Idea of actually infinite Parts, than endless Addibility...1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, London: Thomas Basset, Book 2, Chapter 28 “Of Clear and Obscure, Distinct and Confused Ideas,” p. 168
- The generally receiv’d Notion of Eternity, as consisting in a continual addibility of successive Duration, is, I think, the very same thing as an infinite Series, and consequently liable to the same objections:1731, Edmund Law, Notes in his translation of An Essay on the Origin of Evil by William King, Cambridge: W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, Chapter 1, Section 3, p. 58
- Synonyms:
- increasability, increasableness
- Antonyms:
- inaddibility
Synonyms of addibility
Antonyms
Origin of addibility
From addible + -ity.
Questions about addibility
- What does addibility mean?
- Addibility means capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together.
- What part of speech is addibility?
- Addibility is a noun.
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