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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. enough to be estimated or measured;
- Example: "appreciable amounts of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Appreciable \Ap*pre"ci*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. appr['e]ciable.]
   Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be
   estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. --
   Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

appreciable
    adj 1: enough to be estimated or measured; "appreciable amounts
           of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor"