perceivable

[ per-see-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being perceived; perceptible.

Other Words From

• per·ceiva·bili·ty per·ceiva·ble·ness noun
• per·ceiva·bly adverb
• nonper·ceiva·ble adjective
• nonper·ceiva·bly adverb
• unper·ceiva·ble adjective
• unper·ceiva·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of perceivable¹

First recorded in 1400–50, perceivable is from the late Middle English word perceyvable. See perceive, -able

Example Sentences

Unlike mice, however, keyboards rarely put out a continuous signal, so increasing the number of inputs per second makes no perceivable difference in or out of games.

From Popular-Science

It appears to dislike rain with extreme aversion, and is discomfited and driven back by only a few and scarcely perceivable drops.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless, when something actually good is perceivable, one is convinced by it and even made happy.

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The important stage is the one which precedes this, and in which a definite decline in mental power is not yet perceivable.

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In a thought is crystalized on one side the subjective faculty of thought, and on the other the perceivable nature of an object.

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Extreme usefulness of the thing is the only motive perceivable in the careful rearing of other trees.

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