developable

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adjective

Suitable for development, often specifically for construction

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivedevelopable (comparative more developable, superlative most developable)

comparative more developable · superlative most developable

  1. Suitable for development, often specifically for construction

    A single hectare, or almost 2.5 acres, of developable land along the coast can easily cost $500,000.

    2007 March 23, Kevin Brass, “In the Yucatán Jungle, an Eco-Hideaway Sells Another Side of Mexico”, in New York Times
  2. artsWhich can be developed into a visible image.
  3. geometryDescribed by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
noundevelopable (plural developables)

plural developables

  1. geometryA developable surface.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*werb-
  8. Proto-Germanic*wrappan-
  9. Vulgar Latin*vlopp-
  10. Old Frenchveloper
  11. Middle Frenchdesveloper
  12. Frenchdévelopper
  13. Englishdevelop
  14. Englishdevelopable

From develop + -able.

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APA

developable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developable

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Chicago

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