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traversable en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Able to be traversed.
  2. Deniable; liable to legal objection.
    • Presentment of a felo de se before justices of peace, or oyer and terminer, traversable by the executor. 1736, Sir Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

Forms

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most traversable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more traversable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

nontraversable

Deriveds

intraversable · untraversable

Translations (2)

fr traversable (Translations) · la pervius (Translations)

traversable en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Any object that can be navigated by traversal.
    • Additions: Methods that append two traversables together. 2018, Vikash Sharma, Learning Scala Programming, page 93:

Forms

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traversables Number=Plur lexicographic