SCALABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scalable mean? 

• SCALABLE (adjective)
  The adjective SCALABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being scaled; possible to scale

  Familiarity information: SCALABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCALABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being scaled; possible to scale

Context example:

the scalable slope of a mountain

Similar:

ascendable; ascendible; climbable (capable of being ascended)

Antonym:

unscalable (incapable of being ascended)

Derivation:

scalability (the quality of being scalable)

 Context examples 

Includes scalable high performance computers, high end graphic systems, and high speed networks.

(High Performance Computing, NCI Thesaurus)

The ability to sell or otherwise use carbon after removing it from the atmosphere would help make carbon capture and storage methods more cost-effective, and therefore more scalable.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Graphene integrated in a photonic circuit is a low cost, scalable technology that can operate fibre links at a very high data rates.

(Graphene may exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications, University of Cambridge)

The technique is compatible with roll-to-roll processes, which means it is scalable and inexpensive.

(Potassium gives perovskite-based solar cells an efficiency boost, University of Cambridge)

The new textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, sustainable and scalable dyeing of polyester fabric.

(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)

Harnessing spin to power a functioning quantum computer is a more scalable approach than using superconductivity, and we believe that using spin could lead to a quantum computer which is far more robust, since spin interactions are set by the laws of nature, said Lepage.

(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)

Interventions need not be costly, they stress; for example, cheap, scalable technologies (e.g. environmentally-friendly water filters) or behavioural interventions (e.g. rinsing practices of rice and vegetables prior to cooking) are currently being tested to reduce exposures at the household level.

(Experts warn of cardiovascular risk from heavy metal pollution, University of Cambridge)

By using liquid metals as a catalyst, it's possible to turn the gas back into carbon at room temperature, in a process that's efficient and scalable.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)