Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discernible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discernible \Dis*cern"i*ble\, a. [L. discernibilis.]
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.
The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was
discernible to the last in his temper and deportment.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Perceptible; distinguishable; apparent; visible;
evident; manifest.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discernible
adj 1: perceptible by the senses or intellect; "things happen in
the earth and sky with no discernible cause"; "the
newspaper reports no discernible progress in the
negotiations"; "the skyline is easily discernible even
at a distance of several miles" [syn: {discernable}]
[ant: {indiscernible}]
2: capable of being perceived clearly; "an essay with a meaning
that was not always discernible"
3: capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in
attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript";
"an observable change in behavior" [syn: {evident}, {observable}]
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