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Detectable

/dɪˈtɛktəbəl/
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(adj) Able to be detected, noticeable.

A smaller, but still dangerous, concentration of pathogens won't necessarily be detectable by smell.
There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A smaller, but still dangerous, concentration of pathogens won't necessarily be ____ by smell.

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