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MENSURABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mensurable mean? 

MENSURABLE (adjective)
  The adjective MENSURABLE has 2 senses:

1. having notes of fixed rhythmic valueplay

2. capable of being measuredplay

  Familiarity information: MENSURABLE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MENSURABLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having notes of fixed rhythmic value

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

measured; mensurable; mensural

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of being measured

Synonyms:

measurable; mensurable

Context example:

measurable depths

Attribute:

magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))


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