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单词 perceptibility
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perceptibilityn.

Brit. /pəˌsɛptᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /pərˌsɛptəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Forms: 1600s preceptibilitie (transmission error), 1600s– perceptibility.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perceptible adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < perceptible adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare post-classical Latin perceptibilitas (12th cent.; c1270, c1344 in British sources).
1. The faculty of or capacity for perceiving; perceptiveness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun]
passibilitya1398
passibleness?a1425
sensibleness?a1425
sensibility?c1425
sense1538
perceptibility1642
sensitiveness1651
passivity1664
aesthesia1829
sentience1839
sentiencya1850
sensitivity1856
sensation1869
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. K4 That spright hath no preceptibilitie Of her impressions.
1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme Apol. Perfection in Remainder Bks. 31 Through which Voyce, the Will in the Impression generateth..also perceptibility and feeling, viz. the eternall Nature.
1829 Times 30 Jan. 1/2 As much depends upon a good system of communicating instruction, as well as the perceptibility of the pupil.
1875 J. Miller Metaphysics i. 80 Perception, by its law of the Stronger Emotion, is emerging into consciousness from either store of our unconscious perceptibilities.
1920 H. Johnston Mrs. Warren's Daughter xviii. 342 Varied melodies which attuned the mind to extraordinary perceptibility.
1989 Independent (Nexis) 25 May 10 The clock measures time in relationship to human perceptibility.
2. The state or property of being perceptible or understandable.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [noun]
sensibilitya1425
sensibleness1557
perceptibility1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 718 The very Essence of Truth here, is this Clear Perceptibility or Intelligibility.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. v. 110 We must look for some other property in body rendring it perceivable, and this we may call perceptibility.
1789 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 2) 735/1 Tactility, perceptibility by the touch.
1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 3) I. 325 According to the number of rays transmitted is the perceptibility of objects below the water.
1882 B. P. Bowen Metaphysics i. 40 Nor would common-sense be content to put the existence even of sensible objects in their permanent perceptibility by every one under the proper conditions.
1937 Hispanic Rev. 5 268 The close relation between audibility or perceptibility and syllabic structure is well illustrated in three-consonant groups.
1988 G. J. Whitrow Time in Hist.: Evol. Gen. Awareness vi. 88 The Hindu philosophical arguments, for example that concerning the perceptibility of time which took place in the eleventh century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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