measurablemea‧su‧ra‧ble /ˈmeʒərəbəl/ adjective - measurable rainfall
- He's made no measurable progress toward his accomplishing his goals.
- Pain and suffering are not measurable.
- While the technique had little impact on infants, it produced measurable benefits with 7 to 9 year olds.
- Although the exchanged particles are virtual, they certainly do produce a measurable effect-they make the earth orbit the sun!
- In a nation in which almost everything needs fixing, not much measurable progress has been made.
- Inflation, if you assume the consumer price index is overstated, is barely measurable.
- Its attraction was that it has the advantage of any competitive sport, that measurable results can be easily obtained.
- Radio waves are electromagnetic waves with a very long wavelength, measurable in metres.
- The physical world is not bound by chains of measurable and universal regularity.
- They may have measurable standards, some priorities and maybe even benchmarks and deadlines.
- Try to help them be objective and set themselves realistic, measurable targets.
able to be measured► measurable if something is measurable , it is possible to measure it: · Pain and suffering are not measurable.measurable benefits/improvements/results etc: · While the technique had little impact on infants, it produced measurable benefits with 7 to 9 year olds.
► quantifiable formal if something is quantifiable , it is possible to measure it and show it as a number or amount, so that it can be compared to other numbers or amounts: · More complete and quantifiable data has come from the laboratory recently.· Managers should have clear goals and their performance should be quantifiable.
adjectivemeasurable ≠ immeasurablemeasuredmeasurelessnounmeasuremeasurementverbmeasureadverbmeasurably ≠ immeasurably