Discernible
[dɪ'sɜːnɪbl] or [dɪ'zɝnəbl]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) capable of being seen or noticed; 'a discernible change in attitude'; 'a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript'; 'an observable change in behavior' .
(adj.) capable of being perceived clearly; 'an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible' .
Typist: Zamenhof--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Perceptible, discoverable, to be discerned.
Editor: Maris
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Visible, conspicuous, manifest, palpable, apparent, plain, perceptible,evident
ANT:Invisible, inconspicuous, obscure, indiscernible, impalpable, microscopic,minute
Editor: Vince
Examples
- It was spacious, and I dare say had once been handsome, but every discernible thing in it was covered with dust and mould, and dropping to pieces. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Of all the imperfections (not considering glaring cracks or nicks), carbon spots are the most discernible. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She is a quadroon, as may be seen from her fairer complexion, though her likeness to her mother is quite discernible. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When she went on, but one sign of feeling was discernible in her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At first they were faintly discernible in the mist, and above them the later stars still glimmered. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sola and I both looked in the direction she indicated, and there, plainly discernible, were several hundred mounted warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Then in the larger the quantity of justice is likely to be larger and more easily discernible. Plato. The Republic.
- The third limitation is, that the pleasant or painful object be very discernible and obvious, and that not only to ourselves, but to others also. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She was so quick, and so lambent, like discernible fire, and so vindictive, and so rich in her dangerous flamy sensitiveness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At length the Parsonage was discernible. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- No unseemly sights were therefore discernible: the shops were in general open, the concourse of passengers in some degree kept up. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No crowd was about the door; no people were discernible at any of the many windows; not even a chance passerby was in the street. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There it was, plainly discernible by the light of the fire, looking as provoking as ever. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Vince