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[ adjective ] perceptible by the senses or intellect

Synonyms

discernable

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

The continuities , contrasts , and similarities discernible when past and present are surveyed together are inexhaustible and the one is often understood through the other .

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Over the rapidly diminishing outline of a jump_seat piled high with luggage Herry 's black brushcut was just discernible , near , or enviably near that spot where - hidden - more delicately textured , most beautifully tinted hair must still be streaming back in cool , oh cool wind sweetly perfumed with sagebrush and yucca flowers and engine fumes .

In the ditch sand was white and soft looking , only an occasional pebble discernible , faintly gleaming .

Related terms

indiscernible

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[ adjective ] capable of being perceived clearly

Examples

"an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible"

Used in print

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

Weekly samples would make any changes more readily discernible than daily samples .

Related terms

perceptible

3
[ adjective ] capable of being seen or noticed

Synonyms

observable evident

Examples

"a discernible change in attitude" "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript" "an observable change in behavior"

Related terms

noticeable

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