perceptible
/pəˈsɛptɪb(ə)l
/adjective
(Especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed: a perceptible decline in public confidence...
- By observances I mean the tiny perceptible changes in the season, the shadows and mist, the leaves and air.
- The piece slows symphonic time so that movement is barely perceptible.
- These efforts have brought about a perceptible change in the quality of these libraries.
Synonyms
noticeable, perceivable, detectable, discernible;
appreciable, visible, observable, recognizable;
obvious, evident, manifest, patent, clear, distinct, plain, overt, conspicuous, distinguishable, unmistakable, unconcealed, transparent, apparent;
significant, measurable, tangible, palpable
Derivatives
perceptibility
/ noun ...- But nothing in this story is entirely clear; his unhappiness, his decision to leave, his feelings about Venice and about being away from his family - they are on the vanishing point of perceptibility.
- As she has convincingly argued, this move is a necessary one if we are to understand not only contemporary perception but also critical perceptibility.
- If television is the box that cuts viewers off from the outside world - as he maintains in the following interview - the hope is that perceptibility is not completely lost.
perceptibly
/ adverb ...- Our position as voyeurs in the ill-fated lives of the Smith family is like watching a train wreck: it's mesmerizing in its power, but you're unchanged when it's over - except your shock threshold moves perceptibly outward.
- ‘The burden of sin and guilt and the fear of hell vanished from my mind, as perceptibly as an hundred pounds weight falling from a man's shoulder,’ he remembered.
- The market's appetite for risk has changed perceptibly in the last two to three weeks.
Origin
Late Middle English: from late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipere 'seize, understand' (see perceive).
Rhymes
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- People's Republic of China
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- peoplise
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