DEMONSTRABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demonstrable mean? 

• DEMONSTRABLE (adjective)
  The adjective DEMONSTRABLE has 2 senses:

1. necessarily or demonstrably true

2. capable of being demonstrated or proved

  Familiarity information: DEMONSTRABLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMONSTRABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Necessarily or demonstrably true

Synonyms:

demonstrable; incontrovertible

Context example:

demonstrable truths

Similar:

incontestable; incontestible (incapable of being contested or disputed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of being demonstrated or proved

Synonyms:

demonstrable; provable

Context example:

practical truth provable to all men

Similar:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

Derivation:

demonstrability (capability of being demonstrated or logically proved)

 Context examples 

The gross palpable or visible/demonstrable extent and location of malignant growth.

(Gross Target Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

The tissue volume that contains a demonstrable gross target volume and/or sub-clinical microscopic malignant disease, which has to be eliminated.

(Clinical Target Volume, NCI Thesaurus)