actuatable

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adjective

Able to be actuated

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveactuatable (comparative more actuatable, superlative most actuatable)

comparative more actuatable · superlative most actuatable

  1. Able to be actuated

    But when a seventh actuatable joint is embodied in the arm, a one-parameter family of assembly-configurations is available for choice.

    2004, Joseph K. Davidson, Robots and Screw Theory, →ISBN, page 338
    1 more example

    The filter is actuatable between the expanded configuration and the collapsed configuration by the application of tension to the wire.

    2013, Advances in Angioplasty Research and Application, →ISBN, page 33

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*agō
  4. Latinagō
  5. Latināctus
  6. Latināctuō
  7. Medieval Latināctuātus
  8. Englishactuate
  9. Englishactuatable

From actuate + -able.

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APA

actuatable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuatable

MLA

“actuatable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuatable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actuatable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actuatable.

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