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Definition of Discernible
1. Adjective. Perceptible by the senses or intellect. "The skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles"
2. Adjective. Capable of being perceived clearly. "An essay with a meaning that was not always discernible"
3. Adjective. Capable of being seen or noticed. "An observable change in behavior"
Similar to: Noticeable
Derivative terms: Discern, Evidence, Observe, Observe, Observe
Definition of Discernible
1. a. Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding.
Definition of Discernible
1. Adjective. Possible to discern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Discernible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discernible
Literary usage of Discernible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1857)
"... and ignorant of Christianity; and then he goes on to say, “they were reduced
to Christianity, but are to this day discernible from other Spaniards. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"All stars discernible by the keenest of human sight, without the aid of a telescope,
have long been noted down on charts, and their position in the vaulted ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"... but the danger was discernible to a person skilled in the use of machinery,
and was known to defendant's superintendent and machinist ; that because of ..."
4. Unitarian Principles Confirmed by Trinitarian Testimonies: Being Selections by Octavius Brooks Frothingham, John Wilson (1880)
"... TRIUNE GOD NOT discernible BT THE LIGHT OF NATURE. more could fright my faith
than Three in One? ..."
5. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"It is thus a mere crack or loop-hole in the Pyrenean battlements, hardly discernible
from a distance. Within its shadow is an iron cross, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"... photograph of an object whose otherwise invisible details have been rendered
discernible by a magnifying lens.1'] §§ 440-441.1 5. Opinion Hule. § -Hl/i. ..."
7. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"... principles may have, is so changed and modified, and covered over, as it were,
by those other circumstances, as never to be separately discernible. ..."
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