interactable

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adjective

able to be interacted with

“You need to click on the button in the top-left corner in order to make the image interactable.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveinteractable (comparative more interactable, superlative most interactable)

comparative more interactable · superlative most interactable

  1. able to be interacted with

    You need to click on the button in the top-left corner in order to make the image interactable.

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    There aren't many interactable objects in the game, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding the key.

nouninteractable (plural interactables)

plural interactables

  1. An interactable object.

    The player’s instinct to catalogue the interactables of a delirious countess’s bedchamber unravels a familiar space drained pale through dissociation.

    2021 November 4, Nic Reuben, “Itch.io roundup”, in Ryan Lambie, editor, Wireframe, number 56, Cambridge, Cambs.: Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd, →ISSN, page 100, column 1
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    The basic elements of the message can be divided into three essential groups: visuals, audibles, and interactables. […] Interactables are the basic pieces of the multimedia application that often are described as tools. These tools include screen elements, input and output dialog devices, and navigational structures that enable you to move through the information’s architecture.

    1993, Larry Hanson, Everything You Wanted to Know About the Mac: The Complete Guide to Understanding the Macintosh, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Hayden, Prentice Hall Computer Publishing, →ISBN, pages 762 and 791

    Located at the Web site for Fork, the communications design division of IDEO Product Development, these “interactables” are messages that the reader must interact with in order to get the full experience.

    1998, Karen D. Fishler, On Edge: Breaking the Boundaries of Graphic Design, Gloucester, Mass.: Rockport Publishers Inc., →ISBN, page 184

Origin

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Chicago

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