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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/, [ˈskeɪ̯.ɫə.bl̩] Forms: more scalable [comparative], most scalable [superlative]
Etymology: From scale + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scale|able}} scale + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} scalable (comparative more scalable, superlative most scalable)
  1. Capable of being climbed. Translations (capable of being climbed): klimbaar (Dutch), beklimbaar (Dutch), bestijgbaar (Dutch), skalierbar (German), искачлив (iskačliv) (Macedonian), escalable (Spanish), bestigbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scalable-en-adj-CT8exWV8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 22 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 27 29 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 15 38 36 11 Disambiguation of 'capable of being climbed': 92 3 3 2
  2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable. Translations (able to be changed in scale; resizeable): escalable (Catalan), schaalbaar (Dutch), opschaalbaar (Dutch), skaleeritav (Estonian), extensible (French), évolutif (French), επεκτάσιμος (epektásimos) (Greek), размерлив (razmerliv) (Macedonian), масштаби́руемый (masštabírujemyj) (english: able to be changed in scale) (Russian), расширя́емый (rasširjájemyj) (Russian), escalable (Spanish), skalbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scalable-en-adj-WP8C-L~d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 22 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 27 29 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 15 38 36 11 Disambiguation of 'able to be changed in scale; resizeable': 2 86 11 2
  3. (computing, logistics, business) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease. Categories (topical): Business, Computing, Logistics
    Sense id: en-scalable-en-adj-G-wi68Dv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 22 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 27 29 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 15 38 36 11 Topics: business, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (manufacturing, of an engineering drawing or its features) Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor. Categories (topical): Manufacturing
    Sense id: en-scalable-en-adj-~neGnZbk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 26 22 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 27 29 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 15 38 36 11 Topics: business, manufacturing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scalability [noun], scale down [verb], scale up [verb], expandable, shrinkable

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  "word": "scalable"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.