perceivable

English

Etymology

perceive +‎ -able

Adjective

perceivable (comparative more perceivable, superlative most perceivable)

1. Capable of being perceived; discernible.
   • 1818, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, ch. 5,

     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, "Man in Pakistan: I'm on list," USA Today, 1 Jan. (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

Terms derived from "perceivable"

• perceivableness

• perceivability

• perceivably

Translations

capable of being perceived

• Finnish: havaittava (fi)