measurable
nounEtymology From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure + -able. Doublet of mensurable.
1
That which can be measured; a metric.
measurable
adjCA, US, UK /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/ · AU, NZ /ˈmeʒəɹəbəl/
Etymology From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure + -able. Doublet of mensurable.
1
Able to be measured.
- "There are studies that illustrate how kindness spreads through social networks in measurable ways. When we are kind to someone, they don't just feel better — they become 25% more likely to help others."2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR:
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Of significant importance.
- Derived terms
- Borel measurable, comeasurable, immeasurable, Lebesgue measurable, measurable function, measurableness, measurable set, measurable space, measurably, nonmeasurable, unmeasurable
- Related terms
- mensurable, measurability