scalable

comparative more scalable · superlative most scalable

1. Capable of being climbed.First known use 16th c.

   Antonyms: unscalable

2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.First known use 20th c.

   To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable: get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.

   2011, David Runciman, “Socialism in One Country”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15

   Antonyms: unscalable

3. logisticsbusinessAble to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.First known use 1980s

   Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution.

   2002, Craig Hunt, TCP/IP Network Administration 3rd ed, page 82

   Antonyms: ungrowable, unscalable

4. businessSuitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.