surveyableadj.
/səˈveɪəb(ə)l/ rare.
Capable of being surveyed.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > surveyable or inspectable
contemplablec1443
watchable1611
viewable1632
surveyable1658
inspectable1815
scannable1936
1658 F. Osborne Hist. Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & Iames Ep. sig. A4 More of London being surveyable in a minute from Pauls Steeple, than can be seen in an age out of Cheap-side.
1837 in Fraser's Mag. XV. 654 Now the explosion becomes a thing visible, surveyable.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. iii. 184 From which the whole ground..is surveyable to spectators of rank.
1882 Fraser's Mag. 26 434 The [Philological] Society is going to deal..with the recoverable, the surveyable English of the printing-press.
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