bepaalbare

Bepaalbare is a Dutch adjective meaning capable of being determined or ascertainable; it describes something that can be fixed, known, or established from information, data, or reasoning. The term is used across context areas such as science, mathematics, philosophy, and everyday language to characterize outcomes, quantities, or conditions that can be established or resolved.

In Dutch grammar, bepaalbaar is the lemma, formed from the verb bepalen (to determine) with the suffix -baar. In predicative position after a linking verb, the form is bepaalbaar (for example, De uitkomst is bepaalbaar). When placed attributively before a noun, the common form is bepaalbare (for example, een bepaalbare uitkomst, bepaalde grenzen), which agrees in gender and number with the noun.

Common usages include describing determinable quantities, solvable problems, or ascertainable facts. For instance, a bepaalbare variabele in a model is one whose value can be identified or computed; a bepaalbare termijn is a deadline that can be precisely defined.

The term often appears in contrast to onbepaalbaar (indeterminable or unascertainable) and is sometimes used in conjunction with discussions on computability, measurement, or epistemology to indicate whether aspects of a system can be fully determined from available information.

See also: onbepaalbaar, bepaalbaarheids- (in contexts such as determinability or determinability criteria), determinisme.