Hypertext Webster Gateway: "comprehensible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comprehensible \Com"pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. comprehensibilis:
cf. F. compre['e]hensible.]
1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not
comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads
of it. --Bacon.
2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by
the mind.
The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is
and what is not comprehensible by us. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
comprehensible
adj 1: (of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended
[syn: {fathomable}] [ant: {unfathomable}]
2: readily comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible
to the average mind" [syn: {comprehendible}] [ant: {incomprehensible}]
3: capable of being understood or interpreted; "a
comprehensible experience" [syn: {understandable}]
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