Definition of: sensible

(sen′sə·bəl) adjective
1. Possessed of good mental perception; exhibiting sound sense and judgment; discreet; judicious.
2. Capable of physical sensation; sensitive: sensible to pain.
3. Perceptible or appreciable through the senses: sensible heat.
4. Emotionally or mentally sensitive.
5. Having a perception or cognition; fully aware; persuaded.
6. Great enough to be perceived; appreciable.
7. Obs. Sensitive to minute changes. See synonyms under CONSCIOUS, EXPEDIENT, INTELLIGENT, PHYSICAL, SAGACIOUS.
—noun
1. A substance capable of being felt or observed.
2. A sentient being.
3. Music The leading note; the seventh of a scale: also sensible note (or tone). [<OF <L sensibilis <sensus, pp. of sentire feel, perceive]
—sen′si·ble·ness noun
—sen′si·bly adverb