Appreciable
[ə'priːʃəb(ə)l;-ʃɪə-] or [ə'priʃəbl]
Definition
(adj.) enough to be estimated or measured; 'appreciable amounts of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor' .
Typist: Weldon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.
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Examples
- I alighted softly upon the ground, however, without appreciable shock or jar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Indeed, an appreciable elongation of his visage might have been observed as he replied: 'Don't you, indeed, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Such a slight difference would not make an appreciable variation in the candle-power of the lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The diamond teeth are the only parts which come in contact with the rock, and their hardness is such that an enormous length can be bored with but little appreciable wear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Only in the course of many thousands of years is it appreciable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The banker's speech was fluent, but it was also copious, and he used up an appreciable amount of time in brief meditative pauses. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Since the real difference is so slight, we can assume the simpler ratios without appreciable error. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- From the trials made we could not notice any appreciable superiority over the salt solution as used in the Harden grenade. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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