perceptible
Example Sentences
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“Based on the current analysis of soil conditions, tunnel depths, and tunnel design,” the study found, “Metro predicts that noise and vibration from tunnel construction and subway operations would not be perceptible above the tunnels.”
From Los Angeles Times
There is a perceptible confidence among ministers at the moment that they have navigated a thorny few days fairly well.
From BBC
With control of the muscles of the foot the toes may be brought down to the floor without any movement that is perceptible to the eye.
From Literature
It is not until the sixth century B.C., when Achaemenid Persians conquered Mesopotamia and much of the Eastern Mediterranean, that dimly perceptible Carthaginians come into view.
GDP growth from one quarter to the next is barely perceptible, and manufacturing and construction are notably weak.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
