perceptibility

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A proof of the great reduction in atmospheric glare was afforded by the perceptibility of the corona four minutes after totality was over.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

But the distinctness of objects, i. e., the perceptibility of a light-impression, depends also upon the absolute brightness and the differences in brightness.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

They recognise perceptibility, "And a competent inferribility of the individual thing is its imposition of its form."

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

Now, according to the number of rays reflected is the force of the image of objects above, and according to the number of rays transmitted is the perceptibility of objects below the water.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

By perfectly concentrated Meditation on the form of the body, by arresting the body's perceptibility, and by inhibiting the eye's power of sight, there comes the power to make the body invisible.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Johnston, Charles