Used in a Sentence

perceptible

How to use perceptible in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for perceptible.

Editorial note

Without any perceptible change in my skills as a technologist, I'm out of the broom closet and into the board room these days!

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of perceptible gathered in one view.

adjective

capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"

adjective

easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"

adjective

easily seen or detected; "a detectable note of sarcasm"; "he continued after a perceptible pause"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for perceptible.

adjective

capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"

adjective

easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"

adjective

easily seen or detected; "a detectable note of sarcasm"; "he continued after a perceptible pause"

Example sentences

1

Without any perceptible change in my skills as a technologist, I'm out of the broom closet and into the board room these days!

2

Grids are only visually meaningful when the base unit is a perceptible size. The author is striving for harmony, but grids are only one source it.

3

This delay isn't perceptible as a delay, but it does make the entire page feel less responsive. disabling zooming disables the delay and makes the page feel quick again.

4

The change is barely perceptible. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference except by the reputation of their advisors.

5

She's polite, but polite in that barely perceptible condescending way that people are when they're uncomfortable with the person they're talking to. You're not a customer.

6

When Bullitt slides off the road, the slightest, most barely perceptible smile on the driver's face 5. McQueen's expression of complete focus and concentration 6.

7

Immediate perceptible speed boost. The caching code was an abomination but it worked.

8

It seems to contribute to a slow - but perceptible - overall drift in the tone/spirit of the site and the community. It's almost like, people come here, see the front-page at a point in time, and use that to make a snap judgment about the character and tone of the site.

9

There is this concept of balancing risk and reward that is painful to learn because risk isn't easily perceptible or measurable ahead of time. Also we should beat people over the head with Poor Richard's Almanack repeatedly.

10

I'm a very happy owner of a 2013 Nexus 7, but I have to say I think this is perceptible. It's not showstopping or even disorienting, but it does translate in performance critical tasks like web browsing and gaming being slightly less satisfying.

11

In particular it seems that the controller has perceptible input lag; that's an immediate killer for pretty much any gaming-related product. They might have shipped, but it remains to be seen if they shipped something that's any good.

12

The problem is of course, that we still map these different effects to the human perceptible colors, and then use a human brain and a ontology shaped by human perception to understand the resulting picture. So this needs a footnote in the form of Nagel's What is it like to be a bat?

13

The problem is these stupid 192 kHz systems have backers with big names who never bothered to do proper double-blind tests to figure out if the difference is actually perceptible. You can even get a 384 kHz system these days, which would be overengineered for dogs and is more than good enough for bats.

14

I imagine it would either have no perceptible effect on rents, or in an extreme scenario would cause hotels to close and convert to apartments which would lower rents. Finally, this is a common misconception, rents for hotels are identical to rents for residential housing.

15

Energy levels sufficient to scare off mosquitoes are probably barely perceptible to humans in any way. Lasers aren't magically dangerous.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use perceptible in a sentence?

Without any perceptible change in my skills as a technologist, I'm out of the broom closet and into the board room these days!

What does perceptible mean?

capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"

What part of speech is perceptible?

perceptible is commonly used as adjective.