renewable

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English

Etymology

From renew +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

Adjective

renewable (comparative more renewable, superlative most renewable)

  1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
    Antonym: non-renewable
    • 2023 January 19, Kris Crismundo, “RE-powered e-vehicle charging hubs eyed”, in Philippine News Agency:
      Under the pilot project, the private sector will supply, install, operate and maintain e-vehicle charging stations; monitor and verify the energy efficiency, performance and savings in using renewable energy; and optimize the use of clean energy.
  2. (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.
    Antonym: non-renewable
    renewable resource
    renewable energy
    renewable sources of energy
    Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.

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Noun

renewable (plural renewables)

  1. A thing that is renewable
    1. A renewable resource or source of energy.
      • 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times:
        Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.
    2. A renewable fuse; a fuse which can be opened in order to replace the element.
      • 1920, Textile World:
        You'll find the link can be removed from a "Union" Renewable and replaced before most fuses can be taken apart.
      • 1923, Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers, Association of Iron & Steel Electrical Engineers Monthly ...: Devoted to the Advancement of the Application of Electricity to the Iron and Steel and Allied Industries ...:
        It is a pretty safe bet that he can show you where you are using fuses of the wrong type (renewables for non-renewables and vice versa ) -or where fuses that ought to be good for twenty or more renewals are ready for the scrap
      • 1953, Electrical World:
        Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses.

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