Dictionary

throwable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈθɹoʊ.ə.bəl/ (US)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English throw Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English throwable From throw + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being thrown.
2. Capable of being thrown in the manner of an exception.
   • For an object to be throwable, it must be directly or indirectly derived from the Throwable class. 1997, Babak Sadr, Grady Booch, Unified objects: object-oriented programming using C++:
   • […] if you need to make certain symbols visible externally for debugging purposes or for catching exceptions for throwable entities within a library. 2006, William Von Hagen, The definitive guide to GCC:
   • In general, each function may specify a list of throwable objects […] 2001, Alan Burns, Andrew J Wellings, Real-time systems and programming languages:

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Antonyms

unthrowable

Deriveds

unthrowable · throwability

Translations (4)

de werfbar (capable of being thrown) · sv kastbar (capable of being thrown) · fr lançable (capable of being thrown) · tr atılır (capable of being thrown)

throwable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈθɹoʊ.ə.bəl/ (US)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English throw Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English throwable From throw + -able.

Meanings

1. Something that is throwable.
   • Transforming objects’ states identically by manipulating them in the same way affords infants a way to begin constructing functional equivalence classes even when the objects do not belong to the same predicate class (Piaget, 1952a). For example, simultaneously throwing a doll and a cup transforms both into functionally equivalent ‘throwables.’ 2003, Jonas Langer, Susan Rivera, Matthew Schlesinger, Ann Wakeley, “Early Cognitive Development: Ontogeny and Phylogeny”, in Jaan Valsiner, Kevin J[oseph] Connolly, editors, Handbook of Developmental Psychology, London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.; New Delhi: SAGE Publications, published 2005, →ISBN, part 2 (Prenatal and Infant Development), page 146:
   • Speaking of cycling, most things are recycled: There are bins for paper and bins for cans. Most plastic throwables are simply not allowed (though organizers haven’t quite found a substitute for forks, spoons and knives). 1997, Carol des Lauriers Cieri, Donna Gold, “Fairs”, in The Insiders’ Guide to Maine’s Mid-Coast, Bangor, Me.: Bangor Daily News Enterprises; Manteo, N.C.: Insiders’ Publishing, →ISBN, page 211:
   • Aside from chucking things, you can also dash – useful for stealing throwables right out of the opposition’s meaty hands or even catching objects mid-air as they sail right at you. 2013 January, Toby McCasker, “When Vikings Attack!”, in Adam Mathew, editor, PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia, number 77, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 74:
2. Any object that can be thrown in the manner of an exception.
   • Exceptions are thrown when some module of the project detects an error condition or if it handles some standard Java throwables.

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