detectable

Able to be detected, noticeable.

Adjective

  1. Able to be detected, noticeable.
    • There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.

Origin

Etymology tree English detect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English detectable From detect + -able.

Forms

more detectable most detectable

Synonyms

measurable

Antonyms

subdetectable undetectable

Derived

detectable warning surface detectably immunodetectable indetectable nondetectable redetectable