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Show j f 1 LEARN A WORD I EVERY DAY Today word Is INCALCULABLE tl pronounced In-kal-ku-la-b'l with the accent on the second syllable. sylla-ble. The 1 and first a are short Tim U Is as the u In unite, and the final a as tho a In ask. It means beyond calculation or (reckoning, not to be calculated. It is a combination of in-, meaning mean-ing not. and calcuable, meaning capable cap-able of being reckoned. Calculable comes from the Latin caleulare. ob-i ob-i lined from calculus, h pebble Pebbles were used by the Romans in reckoning reckon-ing and casting accounts. It's used like this "The harm which would resnlr from a prolonged tie-up of the nation's railroads is in-! ' calculable." |