mensurable

An obsolete adjective meaning measurable or capable of being measured.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung „messbar“ oder „der Messung zugänglich“; auch im Sinne von „verhältnismäßig“ oder „abmessbar“.

1. Measurable C2 formal scientific

   Capable of being measured or quantified.

   • The success of the project is mensurable through specific metrics.
   • The distance between the two stars is mensurable using advanced telescopes.
   • The impact of the policy is not easily mensurable in the short term.

   🇩🇪Messbar

   Synonyme: assessablecomputablemeasurablequantifiable

   Antonyme: immeasurableimmensurableunmeasurable

2. Having fixed rhythmic value C2 formal art

   In music, referring to notes that have a fixed and measurable duration or rhythmic value.

   • In mensurable music, each note has a precise length.
   • The composer used mensurable notation to indicate the exact rhythm.
   • Medieval music theory distinguished between mensurable and non-mensurable chant.

   🇩🇪Mit festgelegtem rhythmischem Wert

   Synonyme: measuredmensuralmetrical

   Antonyme: freeirregularunmeasured