Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Perceptible

Per-cep′ti-ble

(pẽr-sĕp′tĭ-b’l)
,
Adj.
[L.
perceptibilis
: cf. F.
perceptible
. See
Perceive
.]
Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable; large enough to be perceived; not so small as to be incapable of perception.
With a
perceptible
blast of the air.
Bacon.
Per-cep′ti-ble-ness
,
Noun.
Per-cep′ti-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Perceptible

PERCEP'TIBLE

,
Adj.
[L. percipio, perceptus.]
1.
That may be perceived; that may impress the bodily organs; that may come under the cognizance of the senses; as a perceptible degree of heat or cold; a perceptible odor; a perceptible sound. A thing may be too minute to be perceptible to the touch.
2.
That may be known or conceived of.

Definition 2024


perceptible

perceptible

English

Adjective

perceptible (comparative more perceptible, superlative most perceptible)

  1. Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. [] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. [] But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
    Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.

Translations

Noun

perceptible (plural perceptibles)

  1. Anything that can be perceived.

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin perceptibilis, equivalent to percebre + -ible.

Adjective

perceptible m, f (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)

  1. imperceptible

French

Adjective

perceptible m, f (plural perceptibles)

  1. perceptible

Synonyms

Antonyms


Spanish

Adjective

perceptible m, f (plural perceptibles)

  1. perceptible