"perceivable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more perceivable [comparative], most perceivable [superlative]
Etymology: From perceive + -able. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{suffix|en|perceive|able}} perceive + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} perceivable (comparative more perceivable, superlative most perceivable)
  1. Capable of being perceived; discernible. Synonyms: perceptible, observable Derived forms: perceivability, perceivableness, perceivably Translations (capable of being perceived): доловим (dolovim) (Bulgarian), осезаем (osezaem) (Bulgarian), havaittava (Finnish), perceptible (Spanish)
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