Meanings
- not comparableCapable of being programmed.
This enables programmable tensiometry and fluid movement while insuring efficient energy transfer to the in-wheel electrostatic nanomotors.
2007 November 11, Phil Patton, “Far Out: Studios Imagine Smart Cars for a World Transformed by Robots”, in New York Times
plural programmables
- A calculator that allows the user to write programs.
Most of the important decision-making functions found on computers are available on TI programmables: Looping. Branching. Flags. Sub-routines. Yet there's no special language to learn.
1974, The Michigan Technic, volumes 93-95, page 33
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 可編程 /可编程
- 可編程 /可编程 (kěbiānchéng)capable of being programmed
Czech programovatelný
- programovatelnýcapable of being programmed
Danish programmerbar
- programmerbarcapable of being programmed
Finnish ohjelmoitava
- ohjelmoitavacapable of being programmed
French programmable
- programmablecapable of being programmed
German programmierbar, programmierbarer Taschenrechner
- programmierbarcapable of being programmed
- programmierbarer Taschenrechnercalculator that allows the user to write programs
Hebrew בר־תכנות
- בר־תכנותcapable of being programmed
Icelandic forritanlegur
- forritanlegurcapable of being programmed
Norwegian Bokmål programmerbar
- programmerbarcapable of being programmed
Polish programowalny
- programowalnycapable of being programmed
Portuguese programável
- programávelcapable of being programmed
Romanian programabil
- programabilcapable of being programmed
Spanish programable
- programablecapable of being programmed
Swedish programmerbar
- programmerbarcapable of being programmed
Welsh rhaglenadwy
- rhaglenadwycapable of being programmed
Cite this entry
programmable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programmable
“programmable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programmable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “programmable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programmable.
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