1. 
[syn: measurable, mensurable]
2.  of distinguished importance; 
- Example: "a measurable figure in literature"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis.
   See Measure, and cf. Mensurable.]
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   1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or
      computation.
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   2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive.
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            Of his diet measurable was he.        --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster] -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. --
      Meas"ur*a*bly, adv.
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            Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians.
                                                  --Latimer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
measurable
    adj 1: capable of being measured; "measurable depths" [syn:
           measurable, mensurable] [ant: immeasurable,
           immensurable, unmeasurable, unmeasured]
    2: of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in
       literature"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "measurable":
   appraisable, appreciable, assessable, calculable, computable,
   countable, determinable, estimable, fathomable, gaugeable,
   mensurable, meterable, noticeable, numberable, numerable,
   perceptible, quantifiable, quantizable, reckonable