mensurable

[men-sher-uh-buhl, -ser-uh-]

adjective

1. measurable.

mensurable

/ ˈmɛnsjʊrəbəl, -ʃə- /

adjective

1. a less common word for measurable

Other Word Forms

• mensurability noun
• unmensurable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mensurable¹

1595–1605; < Late Latin mēnsūrābilis, equivalent to mēnsūrā ( re ) to measure + -bilis -ble

Word History and Origins

Origin of mensurable¹

C17: from Late Latin mēnsūrābilis, from mēnsūra _measure

Example Sentences

The body of a male is visible to the eyes, is mensurable and ponderable, is clearly marked in its specific organs.

From Project Gutenberg

Again, every line is extension in one dimension; hence a mathematical quantity, hence mensurable, hence finite; you must therefore, deny that a line is a quantity, or else affirm that it is finite.

From Project Gutenberg

Every object, therefore, of which quantity, in the mathematical sense, is predicable, must be by its essential nature mensurable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• perceptible 
• quantitative 
• significant