PERMISSIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does permissible mean? 

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

1. that may be permitted especially as according to rule

2. that may be accepted or conceded

  Familiarity information: PERMISSIBLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERMISSIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That may be permitted especially as according to rule

Synonyms:

allowable; permissible

Context example:

a permissible tax deduction

Also:

tolerable (capable of being borne or endured)

Antonym:

impermissible (not permitted)

Derivation:

permissibility (admissibility as a consequence of being permitted)

permit (consent to, give permission)

Sense 2

Meaning:

That may be accepted or conceded

Context example:

a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine

Similar:

admissible (deserving to be admitted)

 Context examples 

A term that is used to indicate a question with permissible values of yes/no/unknown/not applicable.

(CDISC SDTM Yes No Unknown or Not Applicable Response Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Indicates the least number of characters permissible in a value.

(Minimum Length Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates the upper limit permissible for a value.

(High Value Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates the lower limit permissible for a value.

(Low Value Number, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of data for which the definition, identification, representation and permissible values are specified by means of a set of attributes.

(Data Element, NCI Thesaurus)

No false move is permissible, otherwise there will be defects.

(Researchers Discovered Proteins Essential to Development of Skeletal Muscle, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“Yes,” said Holmes; “I think that both inferences are permissible. Was there any other spirit but rum in the room?”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

EXAMPLE(S): The stratification criterion for gender can have permissible answers of male and female

(Defined Stratification Criterion Permissible Result, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)