Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being directed or steered; dirigible: as, a directable balloon.

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  • adjective Able to be directed.

Etymologies

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direct +‎ -able

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Examples

  • And for (about) $5 in Bunnings you can get a 5litre/minute limiter for your sink tap that makes a nice useful directable spray.

    Wash Dishes Using A Spray Bottle | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Yes, there will be protests by animal lovers, but perhaps more pertinent is the fact that large birds of prey or carrion are notoriously uncooperative in matters of providing predictable and directable propulsion.

    Unconventional Inventions 2008

  • And for about $5 in Bunnings you can get a 5litre/minute limiter for your sink tap that makes a nice useful directable spray.

    Wash Dishes Using A Spray Bottle | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • But there are many ways to fashion a mentoring relationship--although I admit, I have never been directable, and not being interested in following any one path, even if it leads to...

    Rant against the bland Lemon Hound 2009

  • Self-directable acts are such that the subject toward whom they are directed may be identical with the subject of the act (as in cases of self-pity, self-hatred, etc.).

    Adolf Reinach DuBois, James 2008

  • The engines actually have directable thrust, and when you gimble, they're just moving around them to make sure they work properly, right?

    CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005 2005

  • Much like the Harrier Jump Jet, these vehicles have directable jets or fans that allow them to hover and give the pilot precise control, much as you would driving a car only using the third dimension of altitude as well.

    Pocket-lint Dan Sung 2010

  • Much like the Harrier Jump Jet, these vehicles have directable jets or fans that allow them to hover and give the pilot precise control, much as you would driving a car only using the third dimension of altitude as well.

    Pocket-lint Dan Sung 2010

  • Much like the Harrier Jump Jet, these vehicles have directable jets or fans that allow them to hover and give the pilot precise control, much as you would driving a car only using the third dimension of altitude as well.

    Pocket-lint Dan Sung 2010

  • More thought will need to go into the re-directable scripts idea, to prevent scam artists

    Black Sweater, White Cat 2009

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