measurable adj 1: capable of being measured; "measurable depths" [syn: {measurable}, {mensurable}] [ant: {immeasurable}, {immensurable}, {unmeasurable}, {unmeasured}] 2: of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in literature"
Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis. See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. [1913 Webster] 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. [1913 Webster] Of his diet measurable was he. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "measurable": appraisable, appreciable, assessable, calculable, computable, countable, determinable, estimable, fathomable, gaugeable, mensurable, meterable, noticeable, numberable, numerable, perceptible, quantifiable, quantizable, reckonable