determinable

See also: déterminable

English

Etymology

From determine +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

determinable (comparative more determinable, superlative most determinable)

  1. able to be determined or limited
  2. (law) able to be decided or settled by law
  3. (law, postpositive) Of a tenure or estate in land, able to be determined on the occurrence of some event.

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Noun

determinable (plural determinables)

  1. (philosophy) An attribute of something that is susceptible of determination into various states
    • 2007 September 5, David Denby, “Generating possibilities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI:
      It is certainly not a Moorean fact that there could have been other determinables or combinations of determinables than those that there actually are.

Spanish

Adjective

determinable m or f (masculine and feminine plural determinables)

  1. determinable

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