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portable
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Portable
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port·a·ble
/
ˈpɔr
tə
bəl, ˈpoʊr-
/
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[
pawr
-t
uh
-b
uh
l,
pohr
-
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
capable of being transported or conveyed:
a portable stage.
2.
easily carried or conveyed by hand:
a portable typewriter.
3.
Computers.
(of data sets, software, etc.) capable of being used on different computer systems.
4.
Obsolete
,
endurable
.
noun
5.
something that is portable, especially as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart:
Of their three television sets, one is a portable.
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Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
<
Late Latin
portābilis.
See
port
5
,
-able
Related forms
port·a·bly,
adverb
non·port·a·ble,
adjective
un·port·a·ble,
adjective
Can be confused:
portable,
potable
.
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portable
(ˈpɔːtəb
ə
l)
—
adj
1.
able to be carried or moved easily, esp by hand
2.
(of software, files, etc) able to be transferred from one type of computer system to another
3.
archaic
able to be endured; bearable
—
n
4.
an article designed to be readily carried by hand, such as a television, typewriter, etc
[C14: from Late Latin
portābilis,
from Latin
portāre
to carry]
porta'bility
—
n
'portably
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
portable
c.1400, from Fr. portable, from L.L. portabilis "that can be carried," from L. portare "to carry" (see
port
(1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
portable definition
portability
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010
http://foldoc.org
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