perceptible

[US]/pə'septɪb(ə)l/
[UK]/pɚ'sɛptəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. capable of being perceived
n. perceptibility

Example Sentences

a perceptible smell of paint

a perceptible drop in temperature

a perceptible decline in public confidence.

perceptible sounds in the night.

a clearly perceptible decline in public confidence

appreciable changes in temperature.See Synonyms at perceptible

The child bears a striking resemblance to the parents. See also Synonyms at perceptible

perceptible anger in his voice

The difference is scarcely perceptible to the average reader.

His lips curved in a barely perceptible smile.

After quite a perceptible pause, during which he consulted his notes, the lecturer continued.

Real-world Examples

No light, sound, or movement was perceptible there.

Source: Returning Home

The perceptible was easy to do with satellite measurements.

Source: Vox opinion

The air of the end of the year is already perceptible.

Source: Education of Love

So it was personal. It was perceptible and the solutions were practical.

Source: Vox opinion

They were only perceptible at first as the light is in the sky before the moon rises.

Source: The Old Man and the Sea

But how could a barely perceptible rise in air temperature lead to such crazy changes in weather?

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science (Selected Bilingual)

But now, peace had been declared and by the 1650s there was a perceptible sigh of relief.

Source: The Power of Art - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Some even of the wood fires more recently lighted had reached their decline, but no change was perceptible here.

Source: Returning Home

And this technique is able to compress all this 25 gigabytes into 45 megabytes without introducing any significant perceptible difference!

Source: Two-Minute Paper

Parvis received this without perceptible discomfiture.

Source: People and Ghosts (Part 2)

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