Meaning of MEASURABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'mezhurubul
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- [adj] of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in literature"
- [adj] possible to be measured; "measurable depths"
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| | Synonyms: | | important, mensurable, of import |
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| | Antonyms: | | immeasurable, immensurable, unmeasurable | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis.
See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.]
1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or
computation.
2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive.
Of his diet measurable was he. --Chaucer.
-- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv.
Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians.
--Latimer.
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| | Related Terms: | | appraisable, appreciable, assessable, calculable, computable, countable, determinable, estimable, fathomable, gaugeable, mensurable, meterable, noticeable, numberable, numerable, perceptible, quantifiable, quantizable, reckonable |
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