prehensible

American  

[pri-hen-suh-buhl] / prɪˈhɛn sə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be seized or grasped.

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Etymology

Origin of prehensible

1825–35; < Latin prehēns ( us ) ( see prehension) + -ible

Explanation

Our mission is to make things prehensible, or understandable, to you. Whether you are physically reaching for a handle or mentally reaching for a concept, if it can be grasped, it’s prehensible. If you're struggling to "get a grip" on the meaning of this word, think about a similar word: comprehensible. Both words describe things that can be understood, or comprehended. But prehensible isn't limited to mental comprehension; it has a foot in the physical world, too. So it could be used to describe a theory that you can understand, or it could refer to a rock that you can grasp while climbing a steep mountain face.

Example Sentences

In the attitude of the masked figure itself there was something prehensible and menacing.

From The White Mice by Gibbs, George

They turned dim and nameless powers into definite and prehensible deities with names, and arranged them in groups so as to fall in with the life of the city as well as the farm.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

But is there any one of these qualities which should prevent his doing doubly as well in a career of honest, upright, sensible, prehensible and comprehensible things?

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot

The peculiar prehensible power possessed by the hand of man is chiefly dependent upon the size and power of the thumb, which is more developed in him than it is in the highest apes.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

Now that he had met this bunch, he would ask again, and if lucky, someone might respond and actually be com- prehensible.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn