modellable

English

Alternative forms

• modelable

Etymology

model +‎ -able

Adjective

modellable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being modelled.
   • 1992, Paul Byerley, Stephen Connell, Integrated broadband communications: views from RACE:

     features not modellable as a service, but rather as a service attribute

2. Capable of being moulded.
   • 1954, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 72:

     […] applying to at least part of the bottom of the mold cavity in said drag a coating of substantial thickness of a translucent, modellable plastic mass comprising finely divided acrylate moistened with a volatile liquid that is a non-solvent of acrylate and contains only a small quanity of an acrylate solvent,

   • 1968, Harold Powell, The Pottery Handbook of Clay, Glaze and Colour, page 32:

     Usage and handling will soon indicate if the clay is modellable, and if it is highly plastic.

   • 1987, Jacques Joseph, Rhinoplasty and Facial Plastic Surgery, page 332:

     For about 10 years, following the suggestion of Gluck who, as is well known, has used ivory for replacement of bony defects of the jaws and extremities, I have also used this very modellable material for correcting saddle noses and for total rhinoneoplasty usually with very good results.