discriminableadj.

1669 W. Charleton Brief Disc. conc. Wits of Men iv. 36 Men are no less discriminable each from other by the various Inclinations, Affections and Capacities of their Minds.

1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. i. 25 So many of them as are discriminable by touch.

1759 R. Dossie Inst. Exper. Chem. I. i. i. 229 No discriminable limits or bounds can be set betwixt the several species.

1779 W. Marshall Exper. & Observ. conc. Agric. & Weather 179 A majority of the Leaves were not distinct and separately discriminable until the seventh of April.

1813 W. Taylor Eng. Synonyms Introd. p. vii Understanding and intellect are tending to a discriminable meaning.

1887 Eclectic Mag. Dec. 809/2 However much they may look alike to strangers, they are always discriminable by those who know them well.

1946 Mind 55 131 Compassionate feelings, beliefs in the right and so forth..are discriminable elements in or observable features of what does move us.

1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 447/2 A great deal of human behaviour..cannot be directly associated with any specific, discriminable organismic states.

1996 Toronto Star (Nexis) 20 Jan. k1 The limited production model is instantly discriminable by its bold 18-inch alloy wheels.

1900 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 12 83 They must, as perceptive elements, be discriminably different.

1962 Science 15 June 958/3 The effect might not make its appearance when the objects compared are at a (discriminably) finite distance.

2011 A. Clark in F. Macpherson Senses xix. 393 Tactile objects essentially become equivalent to discriminably distinct places.