Dictionary

callable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gels-der. Proto-Indo-European *golsos Proto-Germanic *kalzazder. Proto-Germanic *kalzōną Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn Old English cealliander. Old English *callian Middle English callen English call Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English callable From call + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That can be called.
   • The list of server tasks is a compromise between only one task for all remotely callable subprograms and one task for each remotely callable subprogram. 1989, Angel Alvarez, Ada: The Design Choice:
   • Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates. 2010, Trey Nash, Accelerated C# 2010, page xxvi:
2. (not-comparable) That may be redeemed by its holder before it matures.

Deriveds

callable bond · noncallable · uncallable

callable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gels-der. Proto-Indo-European *golsos Proto-Germanic *kalzazder. Proto-Germanic *kalzōną Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn Old English cealliander. Old English *callian Middle English callen English call Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English callable From call + -able.

Meanings

1. An object of a type that can be called, such as a function.
   • The ctypes module can be used to create Python callables that wrap around arbitrary memory addresses. 2013, David Beazley, Brian K. Jones, Python Cookbook: Recipes for Mastering Python 3:
2. A callable bond.

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