Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tweakable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
tweak-able
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That can be tweaked; moddable, customizable.

adj

Of a block cipher: accepting a second input (the "tweak"), used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English tweak Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English tweakable From tweak + -able.

Inflected Forms

more tweakable (comparative) most tweakable (superlative)

Derived Forms

untweakable

Questions

What does tweakable mean?
That can be tweaked; moddable, customizable.
Where does tweakable come from?
Etymology tree English tweak Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English tweakable From tweak + -able.

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