determinable
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English determine Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English determinable From determine + -able.
- able to be determined or limited
- able to be decided or settled by law
- Of a tenure or estate in land, able to be determined on the occurrence of some event.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English determine Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English determinable From determine + -able.
- An attribute of something that is susceptible of determination into various states
“It is certainly not a Moorean fact that there could have been other determinables or combinations of determinables than those that there actually are.”