"detectable" meaning in English

See detectable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈtɛktəbəɫ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detectable.wav Forms: more detectable [comparative], most detectable [superlative]
Etymology: From detect + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|detect|able}} detect + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} detectable (comparative more detectable, superlative most detectable)
  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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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "otkrivaem",
          "sense": "that which can be detected",
          "word": "откриваем"
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
          "word": "détectable"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
          "word": "kimutatható"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
          "word": "észrevehető"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
          "word": "rilevabile"
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          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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          "note": "[script needed] (keşfedilebilir)",
          "sense": "that which can be detected"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
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          "word": "detectável"
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          "word": "detetável"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
          "word": "ortaya çıkarılabilir"
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          "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected"
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "word": "detectável"
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "word": "detetável"
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
      "word": "ortaya çıkarılabilir"
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      "sense": "that which can be detected",
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