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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. perceptible by the senses or intellect;
- Example: "things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause"
- Example: "the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations"
- Example: "the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles"
[syn: discernible, discernable]

2. capable of being perceived clearly;
- Example: "an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible"

3. capable of being seen or noticed;
- Example: "a discernible change in attitude"
- Example: "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"
- Example: "an observable change in behavior"
[syn: discernible, evident, observable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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" [syn: discernible, discernable] [ant: 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" [syn: discernible, evident, observable]