adjective.
Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; considerable.
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adjective.
enough to be estimated or measured
Word Usage
"Another prediction of such a surfing model is that even a very small number of events of interbreeding can result in appreciable allele frequencies of Neandertal alleles in the present-day populations."