Appreciable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appreciable \Ap*pre"ci*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. appr['e]ciable.]
     Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be
     estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. --
     {Ap*pre"ci*a*bly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appreciable
       adj : enough to be estimated or measured; "appreciable amounts of
             noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "appreciable":
     apparent, appraisable, apprehensible, ascertainable, assessable,
     calculable, clear, cognizable, comprehensible, computable,
     conceivable, concrete, detectable, determinable, discernible,
     discoverable, distinguishable, estimable, evident, fathomable,
     gaugeable, graspable, knowable, manifest, material, measurable,
     mensurable, meterable, noticeable, numerable, observable, obvious,
     palpable, perceptible, plain, ponderable, prehensible,
     quantifiable, quantizable, real, recognizable, seizable, sensible,
     solid, substantial, substantive, tangible, understandable,
     weighable