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DEFINABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does definable mean?
• DEFINABLE (adjective)
The adjective DEFINABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being defined, limited, or explained
Familiarity information: DEFINABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being defined, limited, or explained
Context example:
definable rules
Similar:
determinable (capable of being determined or limited or fixed)
Context examples
With a feeling of terror not very definable, she fixed her eyes on the staircase, and in a few moments it gave Henry to her view.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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