as in distinguishable
able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind
there was a barely detectable hum coming from the refrigerator
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Adjective
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When pressed, the buttons make an audible clicking sound.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
30 Jan. 2025 -
Try this: Clap your hands loudly in the middle of your room and listen for the decay—the audible echoing of that clapping sound.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Dehydrated skin can make fine lines more noticeable.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
11 Feb. 2025
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The penalty tilt has noticeable in the past 12 Kansas City postseason games as Chiefs opponents have been flagged more 11 times, with one tie.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One large stone had a few cut marks but no discernible letters.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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Audio Descriptions are audible narrations of scene changes that would not be otherwise discernible through the regular dialog.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Every time, the conversation is a little different; every time, my knowledge of a friend is deepened or complicated, even if that change is barely perceptible.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2025
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False positives aren’t a major concern, because the stimulation pulses are rarely perceptible to patients.—
Tim Denison,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Jan. 2015
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“Detectable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detectable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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