demonstrable
nounEtymology From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French.
1
Something that can be demonstrated.
- We deal here with imponderables rather than demonstrables.1949, The Termination Report of the National War Labor Board:
demonstrable
adjUK /dɪˈmɒnstɹəbl̩/ · US /dɪˈmɑnstɹəbl̩/
Etymology From Middle English demonstrable, from Old French.
1
Able to be demonstrated.
- It is easily demonstrable that water extinguishes fire.
- Responding, Transport Secretary Mark Harper accused Haigh and Labour of making "unfunded promises of £62 billion of rail spending with no demonstrable means to pay for them".2023 April 5, “Network News: Conservatives accused of "rewarding Avanti's failure"”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6:
- Antonyms
- indemonstrable, undemonstrable
- Derived terms
- demonstrability, demonstrableness, demonstrably, nondemonstrable
- Related terms
- demonstrative, provable