(a.) Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.
Example Sentences:
(1) But it would be also thinkable that it is an accidental combination of diseases, the number of which increases at growing age.
(2) These ultrastructural findings might be interpreted to the effect that an angioblastically determined mesenchymal cell, a so-called endothelioblast, was thinkable and was discussed as the precursor cell of atypical vascular and spindle cell proliferation in Kaposi's sarcoma.
(3) Casting is the most delicate, secret part of movie production: once a decision has been made, it is in everyone's interests to pretend that this was destiny, and no other actor would be thinkable.
(4) A further focal point of the international development are systems for the replacement of functions and organs, in which case new biomaterials considerably enlarge the volume of thinkable implantable solutions.
(5) Possibly only patients with cellular immunologic defects are susceptible of a favourable response, moreover it is thinkable that the quality of Transfer Factor and the dosage administered must play a role.
(6) Indeed, her indictment of Eichmann reached beyond the man to the historical world in which true thinking was vanishing and, as a result, crimes against humanity became increasingly "thinkable".
(7) According to German media reports, such drastic action had previously only been thinkable when dealing with "pariah states like North Korea or Iran".
(8) It is thinkable that this behaviour is related to the different roles of the determined parameters in fat and energy metabolism.
(9) The idea of restoring it struck Limon while he was doing his PhD thesis in the late 70s, but it wasn't until the fall of communism that the idea of digging for the old theatre – and raising a new one – became thinkable.
(10) "It was not even thinkable that the pope would come to an Island like this one," resident Andrea Pavia, who came out with his tearful wife and daughter to watch the pope drive by, told the Associated Press.
(11) Normally so competent in policing the borders of the sayable and the thinkable, the process is largely accepted as a realistic containment of "common sense" within "acceptable" limits.
(12) When the UK is leaving the European Union it is not thinkable that at the end the whole euro business is managed in London.
(13) A third thinkable pair with no optical activity, but different sum concentrations in both cells, does not exist in this special circuitry, but can be obtained in a slightly changed arrangement.
(14) Only by thinking the unthinkable can we define what's thinkable.
(15) They are helping ensure that previously unthinkable conversations become thinkable.
(16) We have carried out the first study in Italy on the cognitive remediation by a new computerized system developed by IBM and called THINKable.
(17) With the development of the concept of retinal correspondence and the fusion of the retinal images in the brain (Huygens 1667, Newton 1704) a cerebral mechanism of disparity detection became thinkable.
Thought
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Think
() imp. & p. p. of Think.
(n.) The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
(n.) Meditation; serious consideration.
(n.) That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.
(n.) Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
(n.) A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.
Example Sentences:
(1) Reactive metabolites which suppress splenic humoral immune responses are thought to be generated within the spleen rather than in distant tissues.
(2) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
(3) Blood pressure control was marginally improved during the study and it is thought possible that better patient compliance might explain this.
(4) The amino-terminal region of a 70 kDa mitochondrial outer membrane protein of yeast and the presequence of cytochrome c1, an inner membrane protein exposed to the intermembrane space, are thought to be responsible for localizing the proteins in their final destinations after synthesis in the cytosol.
(5) "The sending off was a joke, and I thought the penalty was even worse," Bruce said.
(6) The macrophage-derived product, interleukin 1 (IL 1) is thought to play an important regulatory role in the proliferation of T lymphocytes; however, its mechanism of action is unknown.
(7) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
(8) Adding a layer of private pensions, it was thought, does not involve Government mechanisms and keeps the money in the private sector.
(9) Until recently, the control was thought to be governed by single, dominant genes, located within the I region of the H-2 complex.
(10) She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents.” If at least one of the women thought the killing was part of an elaborate prank, it might explain the “LOL” message emblazoned in large letters one of the killers t-shirts.
(11) Likewise, they had little or no effects on the fluorescence anisotropy of TMA-DPH, which is also thought to be located in the interfacial region of the lipid bilayer, either when the probe was located in the outer layer of the plasma membrane or when the probe was located in the inner membrane compartment.
(12) Sheez, I thought, is that what the revolutionary spirit of 1789 and 1968 has come to?
(13) My thoughts are with all those who have lost loved ones or been injured in this barbaric attack.
(14) This behavior consists of a very rapid bend of the body and tail that is thought to arise from the monosynaptic excitation of large primary motoneurons by the Mauthner cell.
(15) So we concluded that duplications and accessories should be thought to have similar meanings with the ordinary branching patterns of MCA in the occurrence of aneurysms.
(16) Why is it so surprising to people that a boy like Chol, just out of conflict, has thought through the needs of his country in such a detailed way?” While Beah’s zeal is laudable, the situation in South Sudan is dire .
(17) "While I wouldn't necessarily concur with all the specific recommendations of the report," Barker said, "there is one clear message that I do agree with: that solar has far more potential than has previously been thought."
(18) Although histologic proof of regression is not available, this experience suggests a more favorable prognosis than previously thought possible.
(19) He was often detained and occasionally beaten when he returned to Minsk for demonstrations, but “if he thought it was professional duty to uncover something, he did that no matter what threats were made,” Kalinkina said.
(20) It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and – most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought.” Diversity needs action beyond the Oscars | Letters Read more He may have provided the Richard Littlejohn wishlist from hell – you know the one, about the one-legged black lesbian in a hijab favoured by the politically correct – but as a Hollywood A-lister, the joke’s no longer on him.