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English Dictionary: discernible by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): discernible, discernable
    Antonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): discernible, evident, observable
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.
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