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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discernible \Dis*cern"i*ble\, a. [L. discernibilis.] Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. --Macaulay. Syn: Perceptible; distinguishable; apparent; visible; evident; manifest. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discernible adj 1: perceptible by the senses or intellect; "things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause"; "the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations"; "the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles" [syn: {discernable}] [ant: {indiscernible}] 2: capable of being perceived clearly; "an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible" 3: capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior" [syn: {evident}, {observable}]
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