[ adj ] capable of being seen or noticed <adj.all> a discernible change in attitudea clearly evident erasure in the manuscript an observable change in behavior
Observable \Ob*serv"a*ble\, a. [L. observabilis: cf. F. observable.] 1. Capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable. --Sir. T. Browne.
The difference is sufficiently observable. --Southey.
2. Worthy of being observed; important enough to be noted or celebrated; as, an observable anniversary. [PJC]
3. Noteworthy; remarkable. [PJC] -- {Ob*serv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ob*serv"a*bly}, adv.
Clearly, if the information is to be protected it must not be a matter of public record or observable in a public place.
Austin's Comet will be observable throughout much of the Earth's northern hemisphere until the end of May, but it is not bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, he said.
There were no observable differences in the way men and women did their jobs.
Demographers project future populations on the basis of currently observable patterns of fertility, mortality and migration.
Already in parts of the US, the only observable form of life is the car, shuttling between the shopping mall, the school and the office.
Not much Christian charity observable here.
Incredibly, there is little observable effort being made to rectify the situation by the federal government.
The Soviet scale measures observable effects of an earthquake.