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View synonyms for scalable

scalable

[ skey-luh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being scaled: scale: scaled:

    the scalable slope of a mountain.



scalable

/ ˈskeɪləbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being scaled or climbed
  2. computing (of a network) able to be expanded to cope with increased use


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Derived Forms

  • ˈscalably, adverb
  • ˈscalableness, noun

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Other Words From

  • scala·ble·ness noun
  • scala·bly adverb
  • un·scala·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scalable1

First recorded in 1570–80; scale 3 + -able

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Example Sentences

The plan is designed to be scalable and more training bases could come in future years.

And there is no greater opportunity for scalable impact than at the local level.

It is not at all obvious to me how we cross that…help me understand how we translate this into something scalable.

I remembered that the cliff hereabouts was of no great height and scalable in a score of places.

Blake came down close to the intake, scanning every foot of the cliff face for a scalable break or crevice.

The knots and broken pale that made the garden-fence scalable, and gave access to the fields behind, were still to be traced.

Television in digitally scalable formats is an active medium, and interactivity is its characteristic.

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