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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: capable of being detected; "after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued" [syn: detectable, noticeable]
2: easily seen or detected; "a detectable note of sarcasm"; "he continued after a perceptible pause" [syn: detectable, perceptible]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see detect

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Detectable De*tect"a*ble (-[.a]*b'l), Detectible De*tect"i*ble, a. Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable. ``Errors detectible at a glance.'' --Latham.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is detectable can be noticed or discovered. Doctors say the disease is probably inherited but not detectable at birth. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

apparent, appreciable, beholdable, determinable, discernible, disclosable, disclosed, discoverable, evident, exposable, exposed, exposed to view, findable, hanging out, hot, in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in view, insight, manifest, naked, noticeable, observable, open, open to view, outcropping, palpable, perceivable, perceptible, recognizable, revealed, seeable, sensible, showing, spottable, tangible, to be seen, unclouded, unconcealed, undisguised, unhidden, viewable, visible, visual, warm, witnessable