trackable

English

Etymology

• track +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹækəbəl/

Adjective

trackable (comparative more trackable, superlative most trackable)

1. Able to be tracked, or worthy of being tracked.
   • 1869, George Walter Thornbury, Old Stories Retold, published 1879, page 231:

     The footsteps were trackable near the grass, but not on it, and were visible on the harrowed ground.

   • 1971 November, Wernher von Braun, “Mariner 9 to Mars”, in Popular Science, page 64:

     The long flight to Mars and the even longer orbiting time of a precisely trackable spacecraft will enable scientists to refine the accuracy of our data bank on true distances across the solar system, the exact shape of the planet Mars, and possible anomalies in its gravitational field caused by mass concentrations (mascons).

   • 2007, "Report Faults NASA on Equipment Losses," Bloomberg News, in The New York Times, July 26, 2007:

     Instead of tightening controls, it relaxed them, making $10,000 the minimum value for trackable items, instead of $5,000, the report said.

Noun

trackable (plural trackables)

1. Any object capable of being tracked.