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[ mezh-er-uh-buhl ] / ˈmɛʒ ər ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR measurable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecapable of being measured. Origin of measurable1300–50; Middle English mesurable<Middle French <Late Latin mēnsūrābilis that can be measured. See measure, -able OTHER WORDS FROM measurablemeas·ur·a·bil·i·ty, meas·ur·a·ble·ness, nounmeas·ur·a·bly, adverbin·ter·meas·ur·a·ble, adjectivenon·meas·ur·a·bil·i·ty, noun non·meas·ur·a·ble, adjectivenon·meas·ur·a·ble·ness, nounnon·meas·ur·a·bly, adverb Words nearby measurablemeasles immune globulin, measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, measles virus, measles virus vaccine, measly, measurable, measure, measured, measured daywork, Measure for Measure, measureless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for measurableThe astronomers found that of the 93 quasars in the sample, 19 exhibited a measurable amount of polarization. The Black Hole Tango|Matthew R. Francis|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST These movements sometimes occur despite no measurable blood flow to the brain. Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the world with measurable consequences. Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST The dearth of reporting on what is broken in these systems has measurable effects on our policies and, more important, on us. A Challenge to New Media Moguls Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Bezos|Alexander Busansky|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But one year on, what are the measurable effects of hosting the Olympics? Congrats Tokyo, Now Meet the Olympics Curse|Nico Hines|September 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST It had worked with a peculiar rhythm of its own, and always in a strict, a measurable proportion to the purity of her intention. The Flaw in the Crystal|May Sinclair This brought England within a measurable distance of civil war. A History of England|Charles Oman My friends, when we arrive at these, we are no longer among the measurable planets, but among the immeasurable fixed stars. Lectures on Russian Literature|Ivan Panin Matter is solid, visible, tangible; Energy is invisible and intangible, but measurable by the work it is capable of doing. The Relations of Science and Religion|Henry Calderwood Schacht ascribes to the forest a specific, if not a measurable, influence upon the constitution of the atmosphere. Man and Nature|George P. Marsh
British Dictionary definitions for measurable/ (ˈmɛʒərəbəl, ˈmɛʒrə-) /
adjectiveable to be measured; perceptible or significant Derived forms of measurablemeasurability or measurableness, nounmeasurably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to measurableperceptible, significant, quantitative, mensurable, calculable, commensurate, computable, material, fathomable, assessable, gaugeable, quantifiable, surveyable, weighable |