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distinguishable, a.|dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃəb(ə)l|
[f. prec. + -able.]
1. Capable of being distinguished, separated, or discriminated from others or from one another; of which the difference can be perceived or noted.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. li. §1 They are by these their seuerall properties..distinguishable from each other. 1671Milton P.R. iii. 424 A race..distinguishable scarce From Gentils, but by circumcision. 1739Hume Hum. Nature i. vii. (1874) I. 326 Whatever objects are different are distinguishable. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede 29 Love of this sort is hardly distinguishable from religious feeling. 1894F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) LVIII. 427/2 Of the intransitive part, in its sense which is but slightly distinguishable from that of depart [etc.].
2. Capable of being divided or classified according to distinctive marks; divisible.
1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. i. (1736) 8 Two Pounds of Bones distinguishable in Skulls, Ribs, Jaws, Thigh-bones, and Teeth. a1704Locke (J.), A simple idea..is not distinguishable into different ideas. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 433 The various tenures..[are] distinguishable into two principal classes. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. v. 122 The motive and design of college foundations is distinguishable chronologically into three periods.
3. Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; discernible, perceptible.
1611Tourneur Ath. Trag. v. ii. Wks. 1878 I. 143 The very least Distinguishable syllable I speake. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋301 Oftentimes but a gentle breath is felt, and sometimes scarce distinguishable. 1760Swinton in Phil. Trans. LII. 94 A very distinguishable Mock-Sun, opposite to the true one. 1850Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. i. (1872) 10 Even in slander itself, perversion as it is, the interest of man in man is still distinguishable. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxi. 271 The high land..took..a distinguishable outline.
†4. Worthy of distinction; eminent, remarkable, noteworthy. Obs.
1720Welton Suffer. Son of God I. Pref. 14 Distinguishable for their Singular and Exemplary Piety. 1740Mrs. M. Whiteway Let. Pope in Swift's Wks. 1778 XVIII. 229 Extolling your genius..or admiring your distinguishable virtue. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 172 The villa Hadriani is the most distinguishable and celebrated. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 70 That which is nearly connected with us..becomes eminent or distinguishable in our eyes..though, in itself..of no particular importance.
†5. Serving to distinguish; distinctive. Obs. rare.
1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 297 Clear Daylight appearing, turned the Invention of their distinguishable Mark against themselves; for being thereby certainly known, they were as certainly slain.
Hence diˈstinguishableness, the quality or fact of being distinguishable.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Distinguishableness, capableness of being distinguished. 1893Graphic 4 Feb. 107/1 The chief merit of all the new coins is their distinguishableness one from another. |