scalable

English

Etymology

From scale +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/, [ˈskeɪ̯.ɫə.bl̩]

Adjective

scalable (comparative more scalable, superlative most scalable)

1. Capable of being climbed. [from 16th c.]
2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, David Runciman, “Socialism in One Country”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:

     To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable: get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.

3. (computing, logistics, business) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease. [from 1980s]
   • 2002, Craig Hunt, TCP/IP Network Administration 3rd ed, page 82:

     Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution.

Synonyms

• ultra-scalable

Antonyms

• unscalable

Related terms

• scalability

Translations

capable of being climbed

• Dutch: klimbaar, beklimbaar (nl), bestijgbaar
• German: skalierbar
• Macedonian: искачлив (iskačliv)
• Spanish: escalable
• Swedish: bestigbar

able to be changed in scale; resizeable

• Catalan: escalable
• Dutch: schaalbaar, opschaalbaar
• Estonian: skaleeritav
• French: extensible (fr), évolutif (fr)
• Greek: επεκτάσιμος (el) (epektásimos)
• Macedonian: размерлив (razmerliv)
• Russian: масштаби́руемый (ru) (masštabírujemyj) (able to be changed in scale), расширя́емый (ru) (rasširjájemyj)
• Spanish: escalable
• Swedish: skalbar (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} mõõtmestatav
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} размерлив m (razmerliv)

References

• “scalable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “scalable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• scalable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• basecall, scabella