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DEMONSTRABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demonstrable mean?
• DEMONSTRABLE (adjective)
The adjective DEMONSTRABLE has 2 senses:
1. necessarily or demonstrably true
2. capable of being demonstrated or proved
Familiarity information: DEMONSTRABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Necessarily or demonstrably true
Synonyms:
demonstrable; incontrovertible
Context example:
demonstrable truths
Similar:
incontestable; incontestible (incapable of being contested or disputed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being demonstrated or proved
Synonyms:
demonstrable; provable
Context example:
practical truth provable to all men
Similar:
obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)
Derivation:
demonstrability (capability of being demonstrated or logically proved)
Context examples
The gross palpable or visible/demonstrable extent and location of malignant growth.
(Gross Target Volume, NCI Thesaurus)
The tissue volume that contains a demonstrable gross target volume and/or sub-clinical microscopic malignant disease, which has to be eliminated.
(Clinical Target Volume, NCI Thesaurus)
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