perceptible

[ per-sep-tuh-buhl ]
/ pərˈsɛp tə bəl /
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adjective

capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.

Origin of perceptible

From the Late Latin word perceptibilis, dating back to 1545–55. See percept, -ible

OTHER WORDS FROM perceptible

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH perceptible

perceptible perceptive

Words nearby perceptible

percent sign, percentage, percenter, percentile, percept, perceptible, perception, perceptive, perceptual, perceptual defence, perceptual mapping

Words related to perceptibility

clarity

Example sentences from the Web for perceptibility

  • If desired, the gradation of intensities here employed may be refined to the threshold of perceptibility, or beyond it.

    Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 |Various

  • But that thing of his dissembling was only subject to his perceptibility, not to his will determinate.

    Moby Dick; or The Whale |Herman Melville

  • Perceptibility or conceivability are, then, the two forms which reality may assume.

    The Mind and the Brain |Alfred Binet

British Dictionary definitions for perceptibility

perceptible
/ (pəˈsɛptəbəl) /

adjective

able to be perceived; noticeable or recognizable

Derived forms of perceptible

perceptibility, noun perceptibly, adverb