"detectable" meaning in English

See detectable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈtɛktəbəɫ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detectable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more detectable [comparative], most detectable [superlative]
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  1. Able to be detected, noticeable. Synonyms: measurable Derived forms: detectable warning surface, detectably, immunodetectable, indetectable, nondetectable, redetectable Translations (that which can be detected): откриваем (otkrivaem) (Bulgarian), detecteerbaar (Dutch), détectable (French), kimutatható (Hungarian), észrevehető (Hungarian), rilevabile (Italian), odczuwalny (Polish), wykrywalny (Polish), detectável [Brazil] (Portuguese), detetável [Portugal] (Portuguese), detectabil (Romanian), detectable (Spanish), ortaya çıkarılabilir (Turkish), keşfedilebilir (Turkish)
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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "note": "[script needed] (keşfedilebilir)",
      "sense": "that which can be detected"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detectable"
}

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