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English
Etymology
From model + -able.
Adjective
modellable (not comparable)
- Capable of being modelled.
1992, Paul Byerley, Stephen Connell, Integrated broadband communications: views from RACE:features not modellable as a service, but rather as a service attribute
- Capable of being moulded.
1954, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 72:[…] applying to at least part of the bottom of the mold cavity in said drag a coating of substantial thickness of a translucent, modellable plastic mass comprising finely divided acrylate moistened with a volatile liquid that is a non-solvent of acrylate and contains only a small quanity of an acrylate solvent,
1968, Harold Powell, The Pottery Handbook of Clay, Glaze and Colour, page 32:Usage and handling will soon indicate if the clay is modellable, and if it is highly plastic.
1987, Jacques Joseph, Rhinoplasty and Facial Plastic Surgery, page 332:For about 10 years, following the suggestion of Gluck who, as is well known, has used ivory for replacement of bony defects of the jaws and extremities, I have also used this very modellable material for correcting saddle noses and for total rhinoneoplasty usually with very good results.