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perceptible

[per-sep-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.

Origin:
1545–55; < Late Latin perceptibilis. See percept, -ible

Related forms

per·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, per·cep·ti·ble·ness, noun

per·cep·ti·bly, adverb

non·per·cep·ti·bil·i·ty, noun

non·per·cep·ti·ble, adjective

non·per·cep·ti·ble·ness, noun

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non·per·cep·ti·b·ly, adverb

un·per·cep·ti·ble, adjective

un·per·cep·ti·ble·ness, noun

un·per·cep·ti·b·ly, adverb

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: perceptible, perceptive.

Synonyms
discernible, apparent.

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Example Sentences

He had been for some months in a perceptible decline.

At the flick of a switch this vehicle went from petrol to hydrogen fuel with no perceptible change in its handling.

For all their violence, the supervolcanoes have left little behind beyond a faintly perceptible sense of absence.

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He had been for some months in a perceptible decline.

At the flick of a switch this vehicle went from petrol to hydrogen fuel with no perceptible change in its handling.

For all their violence, the supervolcanoes have left little behind beyond a faintly perceptible sense of absence.

Gathering enough of the telltale molecules to make a perceptible mark takes time.

Quick on the draw with barely perceptible shutter lag.

The compiler shows good judgment, because no squib he fires has not its snap, and there is no perceptible smell of sulphur.

Several studies suggest that immigration has made a perceptible contribution to this decline.

Its effects are far too suppressed relative to anything perceptible on a human scale.

Despite this change, however, a great deal of the haze was still perceptible.

Medium-sized firms continued to contract, though at a barely perceptible rate.

While the iRig doesn't offer zero-latency, it's low enough to not be perceptible.

The draft is having a perceptible influence upon the business of marriage licenses.

They might even appear at a high enough rate to be perceptible to the naked eye.

Two heavy showers of rain did not cool off the air to any perceptible extent yesterday.

Many murine squeakings are too high-pitched to be perceptible.

The weather was fair and the wind scarcely perceptible.

Near universal coverage offers no perceptible relationship between corruption and either natural openness or country size.

There are times when the changes in movement are barely perceptible.

Each is concerned with loss or change-sometimes dramatic, sometimes a slow, barely perceptible seeping away.

The largest insect known may not toe as big as a mouse, and the smallest only perceptible under the microscope.

The gentle laser beams needed to activate verteporfin, by contrast, do no perceptible damage.

Last night a slight frost was perceptible on the meadows below the city.

Now the presence of a companion planet has been betrayed by the perceptible dimming of its star's light.

Notice the suddenly furrowed brow, the barely perceptible stumble.

But a certain vexation and impatience were clearly perceptible.

The turnaround is only barely perceptible in the ratings.

And that perceptible rubber tire which shows around his middle when he goes in swimming is not the only evidence of age.

Maybe the short bursts form some ultra low frequency perceptible by alien eardrums.

Minutes later the aircraft begin their speed runs overhead on a rectangular course with no perceptible noise from the ground.

We found it incredibly responsive, with no perceptible lag time.

The artist frequently covers such stretches in a barely perceptible stipple.

There is a small but easily perceptible volume boost, presumably caused by the sound booming around in the bag.

The effect of the change is perceptible all through the.

The spirit of jest is indicated but barely perceptible in this musical film.

She creates a vivid impression of perceptible emotional hues.

The new government, due to be sworn in next week, has decided on a slight but perceptible shift in its economic priorities.

She does not rise in the drama as a pillar of perceptible faith in man.

Barnett builds these phrases into full-body frenzy, then quietens them into barely perceptible physical murmurs.

The piece slows symphonic time so that movement is barely perceptible.

Some minutes later, a barely perceptible charge in the air signaled the arrival of the sisters.

At that point, the eagerness not to miss out on any opportunity became perceptible.

Tomei's, are especially resonant now, given the perceptible anger in the country about banks and bailouts.

COLLAPSE

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World English Dictionary

perceptible (pəˈsɛptəb^əl)

—*adj*
	able to be perceived; noticeable or recognizable

percepti'bility

—n

per'ceptibly

—*adv*

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"The point of view of art and that of life are different even in the artist himself. Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of not getting burnt. Its capacity lies in finding in the dark void a place where the beam of light can be intensely caught, without this having been perceptible before."

-Franz Kafka

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