[pawr-tuh-buh
l, pohr-] 
| 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. |
| 5. | something that is portable, esp. as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart: Of their three television sets, one is a portable. |
| por·ta·ble (pôr'tə-bəl, pōr'-) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin portābilis, from Latin portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.] por'ta·bil'i·ty, por'ta·ble·ness n., por'ta·bly adv. |