measurable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- intermeasurable adjective
- measurability noun
- measurableness noun
- measurably adverb
- nonmeasurability noun
- nonmeasurable adjective
- nonmeasurableness noun
- nonmeasurably adverb
Etymology
Origin of measurable
1300–50; Middle English mesurable < Middle French < Late Latin mēnsūrābilis that can be measured. See measure, -able
Example Sentences
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In a pilot study of six patients, sildenafil treatment was linked to measurable improvements in disease progression.
From Science Daily
Studies find a measurable negative correlation between heavy AI use and critical-thinking ability, mediated by what cognitive scientists call off-loading—the brain simply stops doing work it knows a machine will do.
Meanwhile figures such as Albert H. Munsell, a painter-turned-color-theorist, devised systems that mapped color by hue, value and chroma in an effort to translate perception into measurable terms.
Everything measurable shows their actual influence to be quite small.
This research offers the first detailed visualization of mosquito flight behavior and provides measurable data that could improve trapping and control methods.
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