patternable

Describing a material on which a pattern may be etched.

Adjective

  1. Describing a material on which a pattern may be etched.
  2. Conforming to a pattern; predictable.
    • Similarly, although both clinical pathway and case management programmes seek to improve system efficiency, critical pathways concentrate on high-volume conditions with high costs in which care is generally patternable...

Origin

From pattern + -able.

Derived

photopatternable unpatternable