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Vinony

scalable

adjective

  1. able to change in scale
  2. able to be climbed
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/ / [ˈskeɪ̯.lə.bɫ̩] / /ˈskæɪ.lə.bl̩/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English scalable From scale + -able.

  1. Capable of being climbed.
  2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.

    “To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable: get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.”

  3. Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.

    “Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution.”

  4. Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.