perceptible

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: per=cep=ti=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

perceptible, a. [L. perceptibilis: cf. F. perceptible. See Perceive.].

 Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.  [1913 Webster]
"With a perceptible blast of the air."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

perceptible, adj. capable of being perceived by the senses or intellect.

Derivative

perceptibility n. perceptibly adv.

Etymology

OF perceptible or LL perceptibilis f. L (as PERCEIVE)

THESAURUS

perceptible

apparent, appraisable, appreciable, apprehensible, ascertainable, assessable, beholdable, calculable, clear, clear as crystal, cognizable, comprehensible, computable, conceivable, crystal-clear, detectable, determinable, discernible, disclosed, discoverable, distinct, distinguishable, estimable, evident, explicit, exposed, exposed to view, express, fathomable, gaugeable, graspable, hanging out, in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in view, indisputable, indubitable, insight, knowable, manifest, measurable, mensurable, meterable, naked, notable, noticeable, numerable, observable, obvious, open, open to view, open-and-shut, outcropping, palpable, patent, perceivable, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, prehensible, prominent, quantifiable, quantizable, recognizable, revealed, seeable, seizable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, showing, tangible, to be seen, unclouded, unconcealed, understandable, undisguised, unhidden, unmistakable, viewable, visible, visual, witnessable

ROGET THESAURUS

perceptible

Visibility

N visibility, perceptibility, conspicuousness, distinctness, conspicuity, conspicuousness, appearance, bassetting, exposure, manifestation, ocular proof, ocular evidence, ocular demonstration, field of view, periscopism, visible, perceptible, perceivable, discernible, apparent, in view, in full view, in sight, exposed to view, en vidence, unclouded, unobscured, in the foreground, obvious, plain, clear, distinct, definite, well defined, well marked, in focus, recognizable, palpable, autoptical, glaring, staring, conspicuous, stereoscopic, in bold, in strong relief, periscopic, panoramic, before one's eyes, under one's eyes, before one, +a vue d'oeil, in one's eye, oculis subjecta fidelibus, visibly, in sight of, before one's eyes, veluti in speculum.

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.