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Discoverable

Discoverable \Dis*cov"er*a*ble\, a. Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.

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discoverable

a. 1 able to be discovered. 2 (context legal English) Subject to legal discovery; able to be requested by an opposing party through a legal process such as a subpoena.

WordNet
discoverable

adj. capable of being ascertained or found out; "ascertainable facts" [syn: ascertainable]

Usage examples of "discoverable".

The burial-ground by which he had paused was as little restful to the eye as are most of those discoverable in the byways of London.

Perhaps it is worth while, in view of certain recent discussions, and especially of some free criticisms of this country, to consider whether there is any intention of progress in this world, and whether that intention is discoverable in the age in which we live.

Stuff hidden on a computer was technically discoverable, but, theoretically, you could also take the pyramids of Giza apart stone by stone to see what was hidden under them.

The account translated from the Icelandic says that the mountainlike ruins of this majestic glacier so covered the sea that as far as the eye could reach no open water was discoverable, even from the highest peaks.

Reeder and his bold men arrived at Golders Green, there was Tommy and three friends playing a quiet game of auction bridge, and the only Treasury notes discoverable were veritable old masters.

What we observe is that certain present stimuli lead us to recollect certain occurrences, but that at times when we are not recollecting them, there is nothing discoverable in our minds that could be called memory of them.