perceivable

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The atom is not directly perceivable, and we may assign to its motions a space so small that no one could possibly perceive it as space, as a something with part out of part, a something with a here and a there.

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  1. Capable of being perceived; capable of falling under perception or the cognizance of the senses; perceptible. There is nothing in the world more constantly varying than the ideas of the mind. They do not remain precisely in the same state for the least perceivable space of time. Edwards, Freedom of Will, ii. 6.
  2. Capable of being known or understood. Whatsoever is perceivable either by sense or by the mind. Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 446.

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  • It's not supposed to be perceivable, or cumbrous, but if you search for it, it will be easily discovered, because all my solutions are quite simple, without much sophistication. —  The Comics Journal
  • The real world gain is definitely perceivable, and you may be surprised by just how much. —  The Gadgeteer
  • It had lost about the half of its weight, and when reduced to a fine powder was readily dissolved by acids with an effervescence which was hardly perceivable: the alkali had therefore extracted its air. —  Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances
  • But more resolute and profound thinkers, although not in so many words attacking the authority of the Scriptures, and leaving Thomas' border-line unquestioned, found the unfathomable truths not in ecclesiastical tradition but in their own souls, thus investing "faith" with a new meaning, unassailable by criticism The idea of drawing a line between perceivable or rational truths and imperceivable or divine truths, is fraught with the burning question as to the limits of human knowledge, a question which to this day remains unanswered. —  The Evolution of Love
  • The atom is not directly perceivable, and we may assign to its motions a space so small that no one could possibly perceive it as space, as a something with part out of part, a something with a here and a there. —  An Introduction to Philosophy
 

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  1. from Old French percevable, from percever, perceive: see perceive and -able.
 

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