As soon as she found herself within measurable distance of the words "your brother," her throat began to swell, her heart quickened its beat.
She was withinmeasurable distance of complete collapse.
In this way in the course of a day the centre of the dune, if the wind be blowing furiously, may advance a measurable distance from the place it occupied before.
As it is, owing to the divided condition of the water on the earth's surface, only that which is in the ocean and larger seas exhibits any measurable influence from these distant attractions.
It may readily be conceived that any measurable movement will cause the longer end of the rod to sway through a considerable arc.
The effect ought to be great enough to be measurable by astronomers in the course of a thousand years.
Space is measurable directly measurable by means of through itself and itself but only by means of indirectly through motion motion which takes place in which takes place in both both space and time.
For it alone lends--and can within any measurable time lend--substantial reality to the mere geographical expression which India is.
On this assumption pleasure is every bit as mathematically measurable as is warmth, the whole difficulty being due to its subjective and therefore inaccessible nature.
The ways of Providence are not measurable by our foot rules.
Would the concept of Rapid Dominance offend and generate a counterproductive public relations backlash from those who believe force should only be used as a last resort and then with a measurable degree of proportionality?
Men of like abundant genius are rarely measurable in language used by their contemporaries; and this is perhaps the reason why they disquiet their contemporaries so confoundedly.
Measurements of measurable traits and observations of less objectively measurable ones, have revealed that immediate ancestry is in itself an influential factor in producing likenesses and differences among men with respect to mental traits.
All phenomena "exist in space and involve molecular movements, measurable in velocity and extent.
That is, so far as experiments upon objectivelymeasurable traits have been conducted, the specific differences that individuals display have comparatively nothing to do with the fact that an individual happens to be a man or a woman.
The goodness or badness of an act is measurable in terms of its consequences, and the consequences of action are discoverable only in experience.
The fact of the negligibility of sex difference with regard to certain minor measurabletraits has been adequately demonstrated by a wide variety of experiments.
Anything that risks loss of the fellowship is really a measurable danger for both of us.
And, observe, all these superiorities are matters plainly measurable and calculable, not in any wise to be referred to estimate of sensation.
It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble.
So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.
The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance.
Now beyond measurable atmospheric pressure, the shell cooled rapidly and he applied full touring acceleration.
Finally a measurable atmospheric pressure was encountered, the needle prow dipped downward, and the Silver Sliver shot forward upon her tiny wings and vanes, nose-rockets now drumming in staccato thunder.
The attraction of the small Mount Shehallien was found sufficient to deflect from the perpendicular, by a measurable quantity, a plummet weighing but a few ounces.
It is the shadow of separation that oppresses you--yet of no common, measurable separation you can understand.
The entire scale haunts with uncomfortable immensity, so that the majority run back with relief to the measurable details of a more manageable scale.
The worth of a person is something intrinsic, derived from within, not determined or measurable by reference to any earthly object or purpose without.
However, it is altogether likely that the possibilities of evasion would be sufficient to prevent the imposition of tax rates that approached within measurable distance of the borderland of confiscation.
They are words usurped from other arts, words that suppose a visible and measurable object, painted or carved.
What precisely is the measurable effect of war, if any, on the civilised human breed?
The most easily ascertainable andmeasurable factor in the production of ability, and certainly a factor which cannot be without significance, is the age of the parents at the child's birth.
But as rational beings it is worse than shallow to generalize at all about comparative behavior until there is a measurable similarity between the environments to which behavior is a response.
Only at those points, where social conditions take recognizable and measurable shape, do the body of truth and the body of news coincide.
It was believed that light travelled instantaneously, but Roemer was able to demonstrate the inaccuracy of this conclusion, and determined that light travels through space with a measurable velocity.
A similar account might be given of the conception of time as a measurable quantity, but the remarks which it is necessary to make under this head will find a place later.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "measurable" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: appreciable; calculable; estimable; measurable; noticeable; numerable; perceptible; slow
