Demonstrable

3 definitions found

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

  Demonstrable \De*mon"stra*ble\, a. [L. demonstrabilis: cf. OF.
     demonstrable, F. d['e]montrable.]
     1. Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond
        doubt or question.
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              The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable
              as geometry.                          --Glanvill.
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     2. Proved; apparent. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demonstrable
       adj 1: necessarily or demonstrably true; "demonstrable truths"
              [syn: {incontrovertible}]
       2: capable of being demonstrated or proved; "obvious lies"; "a
          demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare";
          "practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot
          [syn: {provable}]

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

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "demonstrable":
     absolute, actual, admitting no question, apodictic, apparent,
     attestable, authenticatable, certain, checkable, conclusive,
     confirmable, demonstratable, demonstrated, displayable, displayed,
     evident, evincible, exhibitable, exhibited, factual, historical,
     inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable,
     indubitable, irrefragable, irrefutable, manifest, obvious,
     positive, provable, real, self-evident, shown, substantiatable,
     supportable, sustainable, testable, unanswerable, unconfutable,
     undeniable, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unrefutable,
     validatable, verifiable