falsifiable

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falsifiable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Falsifiable \Fal"si*fi`a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. falsifiable.]
     1. Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.
        --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. able to be proven false, and therefore testable; as, most
        religious beliefs are not falsifiable, and are therefor
        outside the scope of experimental science.
        [PJC]

falsifiable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  falsifiable
      adj 1: capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by
             experiment or observation [syn: confirmable,
             verifiable, falsifiable]