1 undecidability | Definition of undecidability

undecidable

adjective
un·​de·​cid·​able | \ ˌən-di-ˈsī-də-bəl How to pronounce undecidable (audio) \

Definition of undecidable

: not capable of being decided : not decidable … a huge popular audience, most of whom must have been baffled and exasperated by its elaborate and undecidable mystifications.— David Lodge … deconstruction, which teaches that literature is essentially "undecidable," beyond interpretation …— James Atlas To be complete such a system must be able to prove that any formula expressible in its language (a mathematical equation, for example, or a statement in symbolic logic) is either true or false; nothing can be undecidable.— George Johnson

Other Words from undecidable

undecidability \ ˌən-​di-​ˌsī-​də-​ˈbi-​lə-​tē How to pronounce undecidability (audio) \ noun

First Known Use of undecidable

1640, in the meaning defined above

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