Falsifiable

2 definitions found

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

  Falsifiable \Fal"si*fi`a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. falsifiable.]
     1. Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.
        --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. able to be proven false, and therefore testable; as, most


        religious beliefs are not falsifiable, and are therefor
        outside the scope of experimental science.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  falsifiable
       adj : capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by
             experiment or observation [syn: {confirmable}, {verifiable}]