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expressible

expressible

1 5.3
Able to be put into words or shown by actions
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈsprɛsəbl/
translation icon : expresable
  • Throughput (TP) in transactions or operations per second is expressible as a function of these three variables as a preformatted table.

Examples

  • Or controlling operations... that are expressible... in numerical or logical terms.

  • The most plausible candidates for 'value-neutral' theories are ones fully expressible in agreed mathematical terms.

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  • So I was hoping to have integrals that are all expressible in terms of this this set of functions that I defined.

  • The smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

  • And so that's the second point in the, in the first instance, we, we say that utility is quantifiable and expressible through money.

  • Complexity of ASP tells us that each NP-search problem is expressible by a program P, as noted earlier.

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  • If it terminates at the nth place, it is expressible as an integer divided by 10n.

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  • The anti-reductionist denies that every truth about the universe, every 'lawlike generalization', is expressible in the vocabulary of fundamental physics.

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  • In fact, each such problem (for example, finding some Hamiltonian cycle) is expressible by a fixed predicate program to which logical facts encoding a given problem instance (for example, a graph) are added. Again, additional constructs like disjunctive rules may increase the expressivity.

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  • The concept of love is often difficult to quantify, but it is expressible in many beautiful ways through art and literature.

Synonyms

describable
vsexpressible
1 2.7

Able to be put into words

can also be conveyed by nonverbal methods, not only words
articulable
vsexpressible
1 7.7

Easy to put into words or explain clearly

is broader, also allowing nonverbal forms beyond precise wording
speakable
vsexpressible
1 4.5

Something you can say or put into words

includes speech but also allows nonverbal or written communication
effable
vsexpressible
8.4

Can be expressed in words

can be conveyed by words or by other nonverbal methods
representable
vsexpressible
  • Specialized
6.5

A thing that can be shown or described clearly

is wider, not limited to symbolic or specified forms
paraphrasable
vsexpressible
6.4

People can say it in other words with the same meaning

is more general, covering any form of communication beyond rewording
utterable
vsexpressible
6.7

Can be said out loud

covers both spoken versions and other ways of showing the idea
sayable
vsexpressible
5.8

Possible to put into words and speak

also includes being communicated without speech or by other means

Antonyms

A feeling so strong that you cannot describe it in words

How Expressible

expressible
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Surface Forms

expressible positive

Morphology

expressible = express (transparent) = express + ible

Formed from the verb 'express' plus the adjectival suffix '-ible' meaning 'able to be', so the meaning is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

Expressible comes from ex- meaning 'out' and press meaning 'to push', the same root you see in the common words press and pressure. So if something is expressible, it is something you can 'push out' with words or art — in other words, it can be said or shown.