perceivable

English

Etymology

From perceive +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

perceivable (comparative more perceivable, superlative most perceivable)

1. Capable of being perceived; discernible.
   • 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:

     Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable.

   • 2003 January 1, “Man in Pakistan: I'm on list”, in USA Today, retrieved 2 Nov. 2008:

     The only perceivable difference between the AP and FBI photos is that the man in the FBI photo is clean-shaven and shorter-haired.

Synonyms

• perceptible, observable

Derived terms

• imperceivable
• perceivability
• perceivableness
• perceivably
• unperceivable

Translations

capable of being perceived

Bulgarian: доловим (bg) (dolovim), осезаем (bg) (osezaem) Finnish: havaittava (fi) Spanish: perceptible (es)