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English Dictionary: measurable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
measurable
adj
  1. capable of being measured; "measurable depths" [syn: measurable, mensurable]
    Antonym(s): immeasurable, immensurable, unmeasurable, unmeasured
  2. of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in literature"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis.
      See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.]
      1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or
            computation.
  
      2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive.
  
                     Of his diet measurable was he.            --Chaucer.
            -- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv.
  
                     Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians.
                                                                              --Latimer.
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