measurable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: meas=ur=a=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

measurable, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis. See Measure, and cf. Mensurable.].

•  Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.  [1913 Webster]
•  Moderate; temperate; not excessive.  [1913 Webster]

  "Of his diet measurable was he."  [1913 Webster]

  "Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

measurable, adj. that can be measured.

Idiom

within a measurable distance of getting near (something undesirable).

Derivative

measurability n. measurably adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF mesurable f. LL mensurabilis f. L mensurare (as MEASURE)

THESAURUS

measurable

appraisable, appreciable, assessable, calculable, computable, countable, determinable, estimable, fathomable, gaugeable, mensurable, meterable, noticeable, numberable, numerable, perceptible, quantifiable, quantizable, reckonable

ROGET THESAURUS

measurable

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.