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scalable.

Capable of being climbed.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ˈskeɪ̯.lə.bɫ̩]Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈskæɪ.lə.bl̩/Australia, New-Zealand[ˈskæɪ̯.lə.bɫ̩]Australia, New-Zealand
  1. Capable of being climbed.

  2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.

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

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

Where this word comes from

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 *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English scalable From scale + -able.

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