tailorable

[ tey-ler-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being made into clothing:

   tailorable fabrics.

2. capable of being adapted to a given purpose or function.

Other Words From

• tailor·a·bili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tailorable¹

tailor ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

"Nanowires of layered perovskites could be readily assembled with tailorable lengths and high-quality cavities to provide an ideal platform to study lasing, light propagation and anisotropic excitonic behaviors in layered perovskites."

From Science Daily

"The blending of these approaches is putting us at the frontier of materials design with tailorable complex properties. We foresee leveraging this new scaleup production platform to design aerogels with unique mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties for harsh working environments," said Eleonora Tubaldi, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering and collaborator in the study.

From Science Daily

His team hopes to produce synthetics for a fraction of the cost, and for them to be tailorable—for example, to be more adhesive or more lubricating, depending on the application.

From National Geographic

Finally, air-dropped bombs are not only able to draw upon an ever-increasing measure of variable-yield, tailorable explosive effects, but they can also be used with increased accuracy for more precise, pinpointed attacks in areas where a smaller explosion is needed, such as urban or more populated target areas.

From Fox News