detectable

adjective

Definition of detectablenext
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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  1. audible
  2. noticeable
  3. discernible
  4. perceptible
Adjective
  • With protests outside the courthouse audible inside the courtroom, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley instructed the jury to not listen to the words being yelled.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Such passengers' boarding passes will trigger an audible sound and display a message to gate agents.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of audible
Adjective
  • Related Articles There are some minor and barely noticeable physical improvements over previous models, such as a slightly less prominent camera bump in the back.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Other experiments are less noticeable but nonetheless consequential: by increasing early voting, for example, states have observed changes in who participates in elections, including those previously left out of the process.
    Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of noticeable
Adjective
  • There’s no discernible change on Rip’s part, no concrete effort to preserve an old way of living or build a new one.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Not ‘falling off a cliff’ The BLS also noted that there was no discernible effect in its household survey, which generates the unemployment rate.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of discernible
Adjective
  • And the songs followed this logic, molting bit by bit, year over year, the changes barely perceptible in the moment, until a full evolution had occurred.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
  • But during ninety remarkably fast-talking minutes in New York—verbally, both candidates are speed demons—the Ohio senator J. D. Vance moved the narrative of the race in a small but perceptible way toward the Republican side.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of perceptible
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