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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distinguishable \Dis*tin"guish*a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible;
discernible; capable of recognition; as a tree at a
distance is distinguishable from a shrub.
A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is
not distinguishable into different ideas. --Locke.
2. Worthy of note or special regard. --Swift.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
distinguishable
adj 1: capable of being perceived as different or distinct; "only
the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the
gloom"; "a project distinguishable into four stages of
progress"; "distinguishable differences between the
twins" [ant: {indistinguishable}]
2: (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or
quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word
`nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses";
"gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite
distinct from the European beech"; "management had
interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
[syn: {distinct}]
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