as in understandable
capable of being understood
a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen
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Recent Examples of comprehensible
Sparse autoencoders, for instance, can help simplify neural network activations into comprehensible parts.
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Rishabh Sambare, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
In 2000, the designer Sylvia Harris helped revise the U.S. census to be more accessible and comprehensible, leading to a 2 percent higher participation rate compared with the 1990 census.
—Celine Nguyen, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
There’s a moment in the final pages of the Voyage when Darwin implies that his apprehension of the magnitude of time comes to him through a kind of via negativa, that Desert Fathers practice of seeking God by stripping away all that is comprehensible and then watching to see what remains.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Unclear plan and purpose These moves have left many Americans feeling as though the White House has no comprehensible strategy.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
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What this means to you For everyday drivers, autonomous trucks raise understandable questions.—
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In a time of school shootings, classroom bullying, culture wars over curricula, and faltering test scores, the impulse of some parents to take over their child’s education is understandable.—
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The researchers say future versions could generate complete 3D models from scratch, making physical product design accessible even to users with no prior modeling experience.—
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This midsize option from Bagsmart hits the sweet spot with plenty of interior and exterior pockets to keep essentials organized and accessible.—
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“Comprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehensible. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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