dockable
A device that can be docked to connect it to another.
Adjective
- That can be docked.
Origin
Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dockable From dock + -able.
Noun
- A device that can be docked to connect it to another.
- Dockables also have the added advantage that if either of the two pieces is irreparably damaged, both do not have to be discarded. Most cameras sold to the professional market in the forseeable future will likely be of...
- The ProShare 200 requires two cards to be installed, and many dockables didn't have two slots available. - 1997, Computerworld, volume 31, number 8: