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perceptible

/pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/ noun C2
  1. Anything that can be perceived.

Plural perceptibles

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The light made the two swords appear like flashes of lightning; as for the men, they were scarcely perceptible, the darkness was so great.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 773 · C1
About five o’clock in the evening the island was distinct, and everything on it was plainly perceptible, owing to that clearness of the atmosphere peculiar to the light which the rays of the sun cast at its setting.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 246 · C1
Something like a smile was perceptible on Madame de Villefort’s countenance.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 761 · C1
His only jewellery was a chain, so fine that the slender gold thread was scarcely perceptible on his white waistcoat.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 968 · C1

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