measurable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective capable of being measured
    mensurable.
    • measurable depths
  2. adjective satellite of distinguished importance
    • a measurable figure in literature

WordNet

Meas"ur*a*ble adjective
Etymology
F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis. See Measure, and cf. Mensurable.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.
  2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive.
    Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer.
    -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv.
    Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. Latimer.

Webster 1913