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denotable

denotable adjective: capable of being denoted or marked.

Adjective

denotable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being denoted or marked.
    • in hot regions, and more spread and digested flowers, a sweet savour may be allowed, denotable from several human expressions, and the practice of the ancients, in putting the dried flowers of the vine into new wine[…]c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC
    • JDK9 added support for the diamond operator in anonymous classes if the inferred types are denotable. You cannot use the diamond operator with anonymous classes—even in JDK9—if the inferred types are non-denotable.2018, Kishori Sharan, Java Language Features

Origin of denotable

From denote + -able.

Words formed from denotable

Questions about denotable

What does denotable mean?
Denotable means capable of being denoted or marked.
What part of speech is denotable?
Denotable is an adjective.

Words near denotable in the dictionary

  1. denormalizing
  2. denormals
  3. Denos
  4. denosumab
  5. denotability
  6. denotable
  7. denotata
  8. denotate
  9. denotated
  10. denotates
  11. denotating

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