Discernible
adjective
Something that can be seen, heard or understood clearly.
There is a discernible improvement in his health condition.
Often appears as...
- discernible difference
- discernible pattern
adjective
Something that can be seen, heard or understood clearly.
There is a discernible improvement in his health condition.
Often appears as...
- discernible difference
- discernible pattern
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Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Perception
Use 'discernible' to describe things that aren't immediately obvious, but can be noticed upon closer examination.
The painter's brushstrokes are barely discernible to the casual observer.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Changes
'Discernible' often refers to improvements or positive changes that have become clear or distinct.
Her confidence has shown a discernible growth since she started the new job.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Clarity
Use 'discernible' for describing something that can be identified objectively, not just subjectively felt.
The benefits of the new policy must be clearly discernible to gain public support.
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How simple ideas lead to...
where he and his assistant had a lamp, each one of them was holding a lamp. Galileo would open his lamp, and his assistant would open his. They got the timing down really good. They just knew their timing. And then they stood at two hilltops, two miles distant, and they did the same thing, on the assumption from Galileo that if light had a discernible speed,
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What makes the Great...
Unfortunately, that's not at all true. In low Earth orbit, all sorts of structures, like bridges, highways and airports are visible, and the Great Wall is only barely discernible. From the moon, it doesn't stand a chance. But regardless, it's the Earth we should be studying it from
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
time well at the moment I'm not quite sure she's lying done she looks fairly healthy and looks good and as though she's moving around just fine I was checking her tracks just now and she's not got any discernible limp that I can see so I'm hoping that she's moving
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Oil Inside Gulf Crabs...
scientists likely won't know the extent of the environmental damage for years since some impacts can be slow and subtle and the oil exposure may not end for a long time I don't think this is something that's going to be easily discernible and those chronic effects
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The Future of Flying...
And in this particular case, you can essentially see there are some crops that are not doing as well as other crops. This is easily discernible from imagery, not just visual imagery but combining both visual imagery and infrared imagery. And then lastly,
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Can you solve the...
As night sets, you pull on a full bodysuit and brace yourself for vanilla cream. Anywhere in the tunnel, you can see whether the candle above you is lit, and can switch it on or off. Some are currently on, and others off, in no discernible pattern.
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Taryn Simon photographs...
for scientific research in the United States. It's a research crop marijuana grow room. And part of the work that I hope for is that there is a sort of disorienting entropy where you can't find any discernible formula in how these things --
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How do crystals work? -...
As magma cools and solidifies, many minerals within it crystallize at the same time and quickly run out of space. And certain crystals, like turquoise, don’t grow into any discernible geometric shape in most environmental conditions,
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Kelli Swazey: Life that...
weaving his story into the history of their community. His story is their story. His funeral songs will sing them a song about themselves. And it's a story that has no discernible beginning, no foreseeable end.
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Wildebeest Migration PIPE...
rapidly their numbers swell the calves can run as fast as their mothers within two days of being born no one knows what triggers the migration there is no discernible signal
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How simple ideas lead to...
where he and his assistant had a lamp, each one of them was holding a lamp. Galileo would open his lamp, and his assistant would open his. They got the timing down really good. They just knew their timing. And then they stood at two hilltops, two miles distant, and they did the same thing, on the assumption from Galileo that if light had a discernible speed,
Video examples
What makes the Great...
Unfortunately, that's not at all true. In low Earth orbit, all sorts of structures, like bridges, highways and airports are visible, and the Great Wall is only barely discernible. From the moon, it doesn't stand a chance. But regardless, it's the Earth we should be studying it from
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
time well at the moment I'm not quite sure she's lying done she looks fairly healthy and looks good and as though she's moving around just fine I was checking her tracks just now and she's not got any discernible limp that I can see so I'm hoping that she's moving
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Oil Inside Gulf Crabs...
scientists likely won't know the extent of the environmental damage for years since some impacts can be slow and subtle and the oil exposure may not end for a long time I don't think this is something that's going to be easily discernible and those chronic effects
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The Future of Flying...
And in this particular case, you can essentially see there are some crops that are not doing as well as other crops. This is easily discernible from imagery, not just visual imagery but combining both visual imagery and infrared imagery. And then lastly,
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Can you solve the...
As night sets, you pull on a full bodysuit and brace yourself for vanilla cream. Anywhere in the tunnel, you can see whether the candle above you is lit, and can switch it on or off. Some are currently on, and others off, in no discernible pattern.
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Taryn Simon photographs...
for scientific research in the United States. It's a research crop marijuana grow room. And part of the work that I hope for is that there is a sort of disorienting entropy where you can't find any discernible formula in how these things --
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How do crystals work? -...
As magma cools and solidifies, many minerals within it crystallize at the same time and quickly run out of space. And certain crystals, like turquoise, don’t grow into any discernible geometric shape in most environmental conditions,
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Kelli Swazey: Life that...
weaving his story into the history of their community. His story is their story. His funeral songs will sing them a song about themselves. And it's a story that has no discernible beginning, no foreseeable end.
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Wildebeest Migration PIPE...
rapidly their numbers swell the calves can run as fast as their mothers within two days of being born no one knows what triggers the migration there is no discernible signal
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Letitia James
American Public Servant
The reflex of police officers, when making the decision whether to use force and on what scale, must not be a result of instinctive bias, but on objective and discernible factors. As the enforcers of law and order, they have to adhere to the letter of the law and minimize the taints of biases and life long social conditioning.
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Taron Egerton
English Actor
The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters.
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Paul O'Neill
American Politician
This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear, and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses, he will endure or be forgotten.
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George Jean Nathan
American Editor
Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
A great ratatouille is one in which the vegetables interact with each other but are still discernible from each other. The trick is to cook them just right: not over, not under.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.
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Hermann Oberth
German Scientist
Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible.
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian Composer
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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Robert Anton Wilson
American Writer
Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
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Letitia James
American Public Servant
The reflex of police officers, when making the decision whether to use force and on what scale, must not be a result of instinctive bias, but on objective and discernible factors. As the enforcers of law and order, they have to adhere to the letter of the law and minimize the taints of biases and life long social conditioning.
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Taron Egerton
English Actor
The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters.
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Paul O'Neill
American Politician
This meeting was like many of the meetings that I would go to over the course of two years. The only way I can describe it is that, well, the president is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate; but eventually they are quite clear, and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses, he will endure or be forgotten.
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George Jean Nathan
American Editor
Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
A great ratatouille is one in which the vegetables interact with each other but are still discernible from each other. The trick is to cook them just right: not over, not under.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.
Quote examples
Hermann Oberth
German Scientist
Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible.
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian Composer
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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Robert Anton Wilson
American Writer
Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
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