measurable

[ mezh-er-uh-buh l ]

/ ˈmɛʒ ər ə bəl /

capable of being measured.

Origin of measurable

1300–50; Middle English mesurable < Middle French < Late Latin mēnsūrābilis that can be measured. See measure, -able

meas·ur·a·bil·i·ty, meas·ur·a·ble·ness, noun meas·ur·a·bly, adverb in·ter·meas·ur·a·ble, adjective non·meas·ur·a·bil·i·ty, noun

non·meas·ur·a·ble, adjective non·meas·ur·a·ble·ness, noun non·meas·ur·a·bly, adverb

The astronomers found that of the 93 quasars in the sample, 19 exhibited a measurable amount of polarization.

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These movements sometimes occur despite no measurable blood flow to the brain.

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The Arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the world with measurable consequences.

Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed |Terry Greene Sterling |April 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The dearth of reporting on what is broken in these systems has measurable effects on our policies and, more important, on us.

A Challenge to New Media Moguls Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Bezos |Alexander Busansky |November 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

But one year on, what are the measurable effects of hosting the Olympics?

Congrats Tokyo, Now Meet the Olympics Curse |Nico Hines |September 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It had worked with a peculiar rhythm of its own, and always in a strict, a measurable proportion to the purity of her intention.

The Flaw in the Crystal |May Sinclair
This brought England within a measurable distance of civil war.

A History of England |Charles Oman
My friends, when we arrive at these, we are no longer among the measurable planets, but among the immeasurable fixed stars.

Lectures on Russian Literature |Ivan Panin
Matter is solid, visible, tangible; Energy is invisible and intangible, but measurable by the work it is capable of doing.

The Relations of Science and Religion |Henry Calderwood
Schacht ascribes to the forest a specific, if not a measurable, influence upon the constitution of the atmosphere.

Man and Nature |George P. Marsh

measurable

/ (ˈmɛʒərəbəl, ˈmɛʒrə-) /

able to be measured; perceptible or significant

measurability or measurableness, noun measurably, adverb