Appreciable
Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈpɹiËʃəbl/
Origin
From French appréciable.
Full definition of appreciable
Adjective
appreciable
- Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; considerable.
- 1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, ch. 15:A grain of musk will scent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its original weight.
- 1915, P. G. Wodehouse, Something New, ch. 1:For an appreciable time he did not think of rising from his seat.
- 2002, John J. Mearsheimer, "Realism, the Real World, and the Academy," in Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies (M. Brecher and F. P. Harvey, eds.), ISBN 9780472088591, p. 27:If NEAsia were a zone of peace, those American forces would be unnecessary and they could be sent home and demobilized, saving the U.S. taxpayer an appreciable sum of money.