legible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   clear enough to be read or deciphered

   Please write the address in large, legible letters.

2. 2
   adj

   presented clearly enough to be understood

   Descriptive variable names make the program more legible to other developers.

From Late Latin legibilis ("that can be read"), from Latin legere ("read, gather") + -ibilis ("able to be"). The figurative sense extends readable handwriting or print to information whose structure is easy to understand.

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