scalable
/ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.
adj
Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.
Example Sentences
- "To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable: get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow."
- "Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution."
Etymology
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/
- British English: /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/
Inflected Forms
more scalable (comparative)
most scalable (superlative)