Hypertext Webster Gateway: "measurable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis.
See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.]
1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or
computation.
2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive.
Of his diet measurable was he. --Chaucer.
-- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv.
Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians.
--Latimer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
measurable
adj 1: possible to be measured; "measurable depths" [syn: {mensurable}]
[ant: {immeasurable}]
2: of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in
literature"
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