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   measurable

   /ˈmɛʒ(ə)rəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to be measured: "objectives should be measurable and achievable" Similar quantifiableassessablegaugeableappraisablecomputablefathomableresolvable
   • ▪ large enough to be measured; noticeable: "a small but measurable improvement in behaviour" Similar appreciablenoticeablesignificantvisibletangibleperceptibleobviousstrikingmaterialmoderatereasonableOpposite negligible

   noun

   • 1. something that can be quantified, especially a sports player's height and weight: "he had the worst measurables in the draft for his position"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘moderate’): from Old French mesurable, from late Latin mensurabilis, from Latin mensurare ‘to measure’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. measurability noun
   • 2. measurably adverb

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