measurable

English

Etymology

From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛʒɹəbəl/

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Adjective

measurable (comparative more measurable, superlative most measurable)

1. Able to be measured.
2. Of significant importance.

Derived terms

• Borel measurable
• Lebesgue measurable
• measurable function
• measurable set
• measurable space

 

Related terms

• mensurable
• measurability

Translations

able to be measured

• Bulgarian: измерим (bg) (izmerim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可測的／可测的 (kěcè de)

• Czech: měřitelný
• Danish: målbar
• Dutch: meetbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: mezurebla
• Georgian: გაზომვადი (gazomvadi)
• German: messbar (de)
• Greek: μετρήσιμος (el) m (metrísimos)
• Hungarian: mérhető (hu)
• Kazakh: өлшемді (ölşemdı)
• Latin: mēnsūrābilis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: målbar

  Nynorsk: målbar

• Polish: mierzalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: medível, mensurável (pt)
• Romanian: măsurabil (ro) m or n
• Russian: измеримый (ru) (izmerimyj)
• Spanish: medible, mensurable (es)

Noun

measurable (plural measurables)

1. That which can be measured; a metric.