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Ascertainable

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as·cer·tain  (sr-tn)
tr.v. as·cer·tained, as·cer·tain·ing, as·cer·tains
1. To discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation. See Synonyms at discover.
2. Archaic To make certain, definite, and precise.
[Middle English acertainen, to inform, from Old French acertener, ascertain- : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + certain, certain; see certain.]
ascer·taina·ble adj.
ascer·taina·ble·ness n.
ascer·taina·bly adv.
ascer·tainment n.
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Adj.1.ascertainable - capable of being ascertained or found out; "ascertainable facts"
discoverable
determinable - capable of being determined or limited or fixed; "determinable velocities"; "matters determinable by law"
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If we confine ourselves to facts which have been actually observed, we must say that past occurrences, in addition to the present stimulus and the present ascertainable condition of the organism, enter into the causation of the response.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
For some time now, things have been happening in this district that have been worrying him dreadfully--several people have disappeared, without leaving the slightest trace; a dead child was found by the roadside, with no visible or ascertainable cause of death--sheep and other animals have been found in the fields, bleeding from open wounds.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
The odour from the wicker bottle (which has somehow passed into Durdles's keeping) soon intimates that the cork has been taken out; but this is not ascertainable through the sense of sight, since neither can descry the other.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
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