Observable

3 definitions found

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

  Observable \Ob*serv"a*ble\, a. [L. observabilis: cf. F.
     observable.]
     1. Capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable. --Sir.
        T. Browne.
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              The difference is sufficiently observable.
                                                    --Southey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Worthy of being observed; important enough to be noted or
        celebrated; as, an observable anniversary.
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     3. Noteworthy; remarkable.
        [PJC] -- {Ob*serv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ob*serv"a*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  observable
       adj : capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in
             attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the
             manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior" [syn: {discernible},
              {evident}]

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

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "observable":
     apparent, appreciable, beholdable, clear, clear as crystal,
     crystal-clear, detectable, discernible, disclosed, distinct,
     evident, explicit, exposed, exposed to view, express, hanging out,
     in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in view, indisputable,
     indubitable, insight, manifest, memorable, naked, notable,
     noticeable, obvious, open, open to view, open-and-shut,
     outcropping, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible,
     perspicuous, plain, plain as day, recognizable, red-letter,
     revealed, rubric, seeable, self-evident, self-explaining,
     self-explanatory, sensible, showing, tangible, to be seen,
     transparent, unclouded, unconcealed, undisguised, unhidden,
     unmistakable, viewable, visible, visual, witnessable