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Definition of determinable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

determinable

adjective
 
/dɪˈtɜːmɪnəbl/
 
/dɪˈtɜːrmɪnəbl/
(formal)
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  1. that can be found out or calculated
    • During the third month of pregnancy the sex of the child becomes determinable.
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin determinabilis ‘finite’, from the verb determinare ‘limit, fix’, from de- ‘completely’ + terminare ‘terminate’.
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