relightable

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adjective

Capable of being lit again.

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Meanings

adjectiverelightable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being lit again.

    The gas was still relightable.

    1928, Thomas Arthur Rickard, The Mining Magazine, volume 39, page 128
    1 more example

    However, the main burner was not relightable.

    1978, Callaghan's Official Wisconsin Reports, page 248
  2. not comparablecomputer graphicsCapable of being rendered again with different simulated lighting conditions.

    A relightable model requires more than 20 GB of raw image data.

    2007, Markus Gross, Hanspeter Pfister, Point-based graphics, page 78

Origin

From relight + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

“relightable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relightable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relightable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relightable.

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