distinguishable

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distinguishable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Distinguishable \Dis*tin"guish*a*ble\, a.
     1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible;
        discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a
        distance is distinguishable from a shrub.
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              A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is
              not distinguishable into different ideas. --Locke.
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     2. Worthy of note or special regard. --Swift.
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distinguishable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  distinguishable
      adj 1: capable of being perceived as different or distinct;
             "only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the
             gloom"; "a project distinguishable into four stages of
             progress"; "distinguishable differences between the
             twins" [ant: indistinguishable, undistinguishable]
      2: (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or
         quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word
         `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold
         is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct
         from the European beech"; "management had interests quite
         distinct from those of their employees" [syn: distinct,
         distinguishable]