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Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable. -- Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n. Terminable annuity, an annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity, and perpetual annuity.

he same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous. Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton.

etermined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion. Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South.

Capability of being determined; determinability.

Interminable. [Obs.] Skelton.

Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.

Incapable of extermination. Rush.

ithout termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

The state of being endless.

Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.

Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.

Capable of being decided; determinable.

Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words. -- De*fin"a*bly, adv.

The quality of being determinable; determinableness. Coleridge.

That may be ended; terminable.

Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

Not limited; interminable. Bp. Hall. -- Il*lim"it*ed*ness, n. The absoluteness and illimitedness of his commission was generally much spoken of. Clarendon.

Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. [Obs.] Akenside.