Dictionary

scalable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈskeɪ̯.lə.bɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈskæɪ.lə.bl̩/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈskæɪ̯.lə.bɫ̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English scalable From scale + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being climbed.
2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.
   • 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:
3. (qualifier:logistics) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.
   • 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:
4. (of an engineering drawing or its features) Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.

Forms

Antonyms

unscalable · unscalable · ungrowable · unscalable

Deriveds

Scala · scalably · nonscalable · rescalable

Relateds

shrinkable · scale down · scale up · scalability · expandable

Translations (23)

de skalierbar (capable of being climbed) · nl klimbaar (capable of being climbed) · sv skalbar (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · it riproporzionabile (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · pl skalowalny (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · fr extensible (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · nl bestijgbaar (capable of being climbed) · ru масштаби́руемый (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · mk размерлив (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · et skaleeritav (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · nl schaalbaar (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · nl beklimbaar (capable of being climbed) · nl opschaalbaar (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · es escalable (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · pl skalowalny (capable of being climbed) · es escalable (capable of being climbed) · el επεκτάσιμος (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · ru расширя́емый (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · sv bestigbar (capable of being climbed) · ca escalable (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · fr évolutif (able to be changed in scale; resizeable) · it scalabile (capable of being climbed) · mk искачлив (capable of being climbed)