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scalable

  • /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/ Canada, US, UK
  • [ˈskeɪ̯.lə.bɫ̩] Canada, US, UK
  • /ˈskæɪ.lə.bl̩/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈskæɪ̯.lə.bɫ̩] Australia, New Zealand

adjective more scalable · most scalable

  1. Capable of being climbed.

    Opposite: unscalable

  2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable. 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.

    Opposite: unscalable

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

    Opposite: ungrowable, unscalable

  4. 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.

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adj capable of being climbed

Españolescalable
Deutschskalierbar
Italianoscalabile

adj able to be changed in scale; resizeable

Españolescalable
Françaisextensible, évolutif
Italianoriproporzionabile
Ελληνικάεπεκτάσιμος epektásimos
Русскиймасштаби́руемый masštabírujemyj, расширя́емый rasširjájemyj

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@misc{scalable_2026,
  title = {scalable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scalable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}