scalable

From scale +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/,

scalable (comparative more scalable, superlative most scalable)

1. Capable of being climbed.

   Antonym: unscalable

2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.

   Antonym: unscalable

   • 2011, David Runciman, “Socialism in One Country”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:

     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.

3. (computing, logistics, business) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.

   Antonyms: ungrowable, unscalable

   • 2002, Craig Hunt, TCP/IP Network Administration 3rd ed, page 82:

     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.

4. (manufacturing, 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.

• “scalable”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “scalable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• scalable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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