Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demonstrable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demonstrable \De*mon"stra*ble\, a. [L. demonstrabilis: cf. OF.
demonstrable, F. d['e]montrable.]
1. Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond
doubt or question.
The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable
as geometry. --Glanvill.
2. Proved; apparent. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demonstrable
adj 1: necessarily or demonstrably true; "demonstrable truths"
[syn: {incontrovertible}]
2: capable of being demonstrated or proved; "obvious lies"; "a
demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare";
"practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot
[syn: {provable}]
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