developable

Suitable for development, often specifically for construction

Adjective

  1. Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
    • A single hectare, or almost 2.5 acres, of developable land along the coast can easily cost $500,000. - 2007 March 23, Kevin Brass, “In the Yucatán Jungle, an Eco-Hideaway Sells Another Side of Mexico”, in New York Times:
  2. Which can be developed into a visible image.
  3. Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.

Origin

Etymology tree English develop Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English developable From develop + -able.

Forms

more developable most developable

Derived

developable surface nondevelopable undevelopable

Noun

  1. A developable surface.

Forms

developables