measurable

English

Etymology

From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure +‎ -able. Doublet of mensurable.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛʒɹəbəl/

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• (Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmeʒəɹəbəl/, /ˈmeʒɹəbəl/

Adjective

measurable (comparative more measurable, superlative most measurable)

1. Able to be measured.
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2. Of significant importance.

Derived terms

• Borel measurable
• comeasurable
• immeasurable
• Lebesgue measurable
• measurable function
• measurableness
• measurable set
• measurable space
• measurably
• nonmeasurable
• unmeasurable

Related terms

• mensurable
• measurability

Translations

able to be measured

• Bulgarian: измерим (bg) (izmerim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可測的 / 可测的 (kěcè de)

• Czech: měřitelný (cs)
• Danish: målbar
• Dutch: meetbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: mezurebla
• Georgian: გაზომვადი (gazomvadi)
• German: messbar (de)
• Greek: μετρήσιμος (el) m (metrísimos)
• Hungarian: mérhető (hu)
• Kazakh: өлшемді (ölşemdı)
• Latin: mēnsūrābilis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: målbar

  Nynorsk: målbar

• Polish: mierzalny (pl)
• Portuguese: medível, mensurável (pt)
• Romanian: măsurabil (ro) m or n
• Russian: измеримый (ru) (izmerimyj)
• Spanish: medible, mensurable (es)

Noun

measurable (plural measurables)

1. That which can be measured; a metric.