detectable, a.
(dɪˈtɛktəb(ə)l)
Also -ible.
[f. detect v. + -able. The spelling -ible is according to L. analogies, but L. -tectibilis does not occur.]
Capable of being detected.
| 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. vii. ii. 419 More were concealed by parties not detectable. 1831 Blackw. Mag. XXX. 122 No heel-tap was detectable. 1845–6 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 151 The amount of phosphates..is extremely minute, and no longer detectible by the ordinary tests. 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 340 The real link not being detectable without a special and individual insight. 1888 Bryce Amer. Commw. II. 124 Where illegitimate expenditure is more frequent and less detectible. |
Hence deˈtectably adv.
| 1887 Standard 1 June 5/3 The result is a ‘detectably’ different liquid. |