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USABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does usable mean?
• USABLE (adjective)
The adjective USABLE has 3 senses:
1. capable of being put to use
2. fit or ready for use or service
3. convenient for use or disposal
Familiarity information: USABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being put to use
Synonyms:
usable; useable
Context example:
usable byproducts
Similar:
useful; utile (being of use or service)
Derivation:
usableness (the quality of being able to provide good service)
use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fit or ready for use or service
Synonyms:
functional; operable; operational; usable; useable
Context example:
the dishwasher is now in working order
Similar:
serviceable (ready for service or able to give long service)
Derivation:
usableness (the quality of being able to provide good service)
use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Convenient for use or disposal
Synonyms:
Context example:
2000 square feet of usable office space
Similar:
disposable (free or available for use or disposition)
Derivation:
use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Context examples
The period of time during which the biologic is considered usable after it is activated (opened).
(Biologic Stability Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A process whereby specific data is taken out of a larger set of data and presented in a usable format.
(Data Extraction, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers said these findings could be used to develop an early diagnostic system usable when the patient is as young as six months old.
(Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism, Wikinews)
The STBA measures how much “life” is contained in soil and how much usable nitrogen is in soil.
(New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
The period of time during which the drug is considered usable after it is activated (opened).
(Drug Stability Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The period of time during which the food product is considered usable after it is activated (opened).
(Food Product Stability Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Little or no clinically usable diagnostic information (e.g., system failure or extensive motion artifact).
(Non-diagnostic Quality, NCI Thesaurus)
The performance and efficiency of flexible devices, however, pale in comparison to rigid devices, which have been superior in their ability to convert body heat into usable energy.
(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The period of time during which the cosmetic is considered usable after it is activated (opened).
(Cosmetic Stability Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
However, the operating voltage is beneficial for safety and the high lithium transport rates mean that when cycling fast, the practical (usable) energy density of these materials remains high.
(New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster, University of Cambridge)
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