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ascertainable, a.|æsəˈteɪnəb(ə)l|
[f. prec. vb. + -able.]
That may be ascertained.
†1. Capable of being fixed, settled, or decided.
1783Blair Rhetoric (1801) I. 29 Ascertainable by no standard, but wholly dependent on changing fancy.
2. Capable of being discovered or learned by experiment, examination, or investigation.
1805W. Saunders Min. Waters 155 The water..does not actually deposit any other substance in any ascertainable quantity. 1859Ruskin Two Paths App. i. 257 Not a matter of opinion at all, but a matter of ascertainable fact. 1874Farrar Christ I. iii. 30 The exact year..is not ascertainable with any certainty from Scripture. |