Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective able to expand or to be expanded.
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- adjective Having the capacity to be
expanded .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of gases) capable of expansion
- adjective able to expand or be expanded
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Rage 2 blade expandable is the answer to all broadheads!
i was deer hunting on my friends apple orchard when a good size doe came in. 2009
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The Rage 2 blade expandable is the answer to all broadheads!
i was deer hunting on my friends apple orchard when a good size doe came in. 2009
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He has been developing so-called expandable space habitats, a technology he bought from NASA a number of years ago.
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Sony appear to have played it safe, but I actually think they either don't like the idea of expandable ISO, they don't know how to do it (unlikely) or they're not allowed to use it
ePHOTOzine News Feed 2009
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I had one of those "expandable" jobs, where you could work as many hours as you could stand.
Forget the gender gap in wages. The real gap is between traditional men and everyone else. Ann Althouse 2008
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I will bring 'expandable' food to school to eat during break. (i.e. musli) so i would be full for the rest of the day.
yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2005
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On the brighter side, at least the price isn't that much steep, although I doubt that users would buy the 500 USD 16GIG iPad - To think that its capacity is not expandable, meaning you're going to spend your days with that limitation.
Blogpulse Top Links 2010
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On the brighter side, at least the price isn't that much steep, although I doubt that users would buy the 500 USD 16GIG iPad - To think that its capacity is not expandable, meaning you're going to spend your days with that limitation.
Blogpulse Top Links 2010
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Formerly code-named Beckton, the Xeon 7500 series and 6500 series are also known colloquially as Nehalem EX -- a reference to the current Nehalem-class chip design Intel uses for its x86 processors and the "expandable," multi-socket server segment the new chips target.
Cloud Computing: Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft Resources - RSS 2010
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On the brighter side, at least the price isn't that much steep, although I doubt that users would buy the 500 USD 16GIG iPad - To think that its capacity is not expandable, meaning you're going to spend your days with that limitation.
Blogpulse Top Links 2010
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