appreciable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ap=pre=ci=a=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

appreciable, a. [Cf. F. appréciable.].

 Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

appreciable, adj. large enough to be noticed; significant; considerable (appreciable progress has been made).

Derivative

appreciably adv.

Etymology

F f. appr{eacute}cier (as APPRECIATE)

THESAURUS

appreciable

apparent, appraisable, apprehensible, ascertainable, assessable, calculable, clear, cognizable, comprehensible, computable, conceivable, concrete, detectable, determinable, discernible, discoverable, distinguishable, estimable, evident, fathomable, gaugeable, graspable, knowable, manifest, material, measurable, mensurable, meterable, noticeable, numerable, observable, obvious, palpable, perceptible, plain, ponderable, prehensible, quantifiable, quantizable, real, recognizable, seizable, sensible, solid, substantial, substantive, tangible, understandable, weighable

ROGET THESAURUS

appreciable

Measurement

N measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize, estimate, estimation, dead reckoning, reckoning, gauging, horse power, metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic, measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers, gage, gauge, meter, line, rod, check, dividers, velo, flood mark, high water mark, Plimsoll line, index, scale, graduation, graduated scale, nonius, vernier, bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat) &c, barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter, landmark, balance, scale, marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph, rain gauge, rain gage, voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps), spectrophotometer (light absorbance), mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass), geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity), pycnometer (liquid density), graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume), radar gun (velocity), radar (distance), side-looking radar, (shape, topography), sonar (depth in water), light meter (light intensity), clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time), anemometer (wind velocity), densitometer (color intensity), measurability, computability, determinability, coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth, geometry, stereometry, hypsometry, metage, surveying, land surveying, geodesy, geodetics, geodesia, orthometry, altimetry, cadastre, astrolabe, armillary sphere, land surveyor, geometer, measuring, metric, metrical, measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, determinable, fathomable, geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, cartographical.