DEDUCIBLE

deducible

(adjective) capable of being deduced

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

deducible (comparative more deducible, superlative most deducible)

Capable of being deduced.

Antonyms

• indeducible

• undeducible

• nondeducible

Source: Wiktionary


De*du"ci*ble, a.

1. Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence. All properties of a triangle depend on, and are deducible from, the complex idea of three lines including a space. Locke.

2. Capable of being brought down. [Obs.] As if God [were] deducible to human imbecility. State Trials (1649).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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