scalable

[ skey-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being scaled: scale: scaled:

   the scalable slope of a mountain.

scalable

/ ˈskeɪləbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being scaled or climbed
2. computing (of a network) able to be expanded to cope with increased use

Derived Forms

• ˈscalably, adverb
• ˈscalableness, noun

Other Words From

• scala·ble·ness noun
• scala·bly adverb
• un·scala·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scalable¹

First recorded in 1570–80; scale ³ + -able

Example Sentences

“In the existing approach, part of the problem is it isn’t scalable,” Culhane said.

From Los Angeles Times

“This is scalable,” Rawson said.

From Los Angeles Times

My friend, the microprocessor engineer and not entirely evil genius Jim Keller, recently told me that the scalable AI hardware he is creating will soon enough be able to help create, say, a Faulkner novel at the touch of a button.

From Salon

But, he noted, “‘Everyone get promoted’ is not a scalable solution to farmworker poverty.”

From Los Angeles Times

In an essay that accompanied the study, psychologist Bence Bago of Tilberg University in the Netherlands and cognitive psychologist Jean-Francois Bonnefon of the Toulouse School of Economics in France said the experiments show that “a scalable intervention to recalibrate misinformed beliefs may be within reach.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• ascendable
• climbable
• extensible