measurable

[ mezh-er-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being measured.

measurable

/ ˈmɛʒərəbəl; ˈmɛʒrə- /

adjective

1. able to be measured; perceptible or significant

Derived Forms

• ˌmeasuraˈbility, noun
• ˈmeasurably, adverb

Other Words From

• measur·a·bili·ty measur·a·ble·ness noun
• measur·a·bly adverb
• inter·measur·a·ble adjective
• nonmeas·ur·a·bili·ty noun
• non·measur·a·ble adjective
• non·measur·a·ble·ness noun
• non·measur·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of measurable¹

1300–50; Middle English mesurable < Middle French < Late Latin mēnsūrābilis that can be measured. See measure, -able

Example Sentences

It is relatively easy to find measurable increases in decoding ability after phonics instruction.

From Washington Post

Your clients are investing in your services to see measurable results and a positive return on investment.

From Search Engine Watch

Express forecastForecast in detailWe’ll pass the midpoint of January this week, and it’s likely that we’ll have done so without any measurable snow or extreme cold.

From Washington Post

The investment fund model also would help build precedent for expecting measurable returns from research—something that is seldom emphasized with grants or other forms of government spending.

From Fortune

The trail further thickened with two Notre Dame timeouts and one officiating review, making the whole thing seem measurable by sundial.

From Washington Post

Direct funds away from practices, policies, and programs that consistently fail to achieve measurable outcomes.

From The Daily Beast

And to be sure, classrooms are seeing measurable improvements under Common Core Standards.

From The Daily Beast

The astronomers found that of the 93 quasars in the sample, 19 exhibited a measurable amount of polarization.

From The Daily Beast

The Sarah Palin Channel, by contrast, had a barely measurable 36,000 visitors in September, according to Quantcast.

From The Daily Beast

These movements sometimes occur despite no measurable blood flow to the brain.

From The Daily Beast

The effect ought to be great enough to be measurable by astronomers in the course of a thousand years.

From Project Gutenberg

Was it possible that at last he was actually within measurable distance of the solution of the mystery?

From Project Gutenberg

It is characteristic that most of these actions take place at slow, very frequently easily measurable, rates of speed.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps the greatest amount of variation in the skull is in features which are not readily measurable by the usual physical means.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence the mighty spirit of Islam, measurable only by a soul capacity which has never ceased to expand and develop.

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Related Words

• perceptible
• quantitative
• significant