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discriminable

American

[dih-skrim-uh-nuh-buhl] / dɪˈskrɪm ə nə bəl /

adjective

capable of being discriminated or distinguished.

Other Word Forms

discriminability noun
discriminably adverb

Etymology

Origin of discriminable

First recorded in 1720–30; discrimin(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

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Only one, that characterized by secondary accentuation, has no such discriminable quality of phases.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

And Wordsworth insisted, quite as strongly as his severest critics, upon finish, upon literary art as discriminable from the substance.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

If the conditions at the entrances of the two boxes were discriminable, the mouse usually learned within one hundred experiences to choose the right box without much hesitation.

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

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