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developable

developable adjective: suitable for development, often specifically for construction.

Adjective

developable (comparative more developable, superlative most developable)

  1. Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
    • A single hectare, or almost 2.5 acres, of developable land along the coast can easily cost $500,000.2007 March 23, Kevin Brass, “In the Yucatán Jungle, an Eco-Hideaway Sells Another Side of Mexico”, in New York Times
  2. Which can be developed into a visible image.
  3. Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.

Noun

developable (plural developables)

  1. A developable surface.

developable meaning in Tamil and Bengali

developable in Tamil

விரிவாக்கத்தக்க

developable in Bengali

উন্নয়নের জন্য উপযুক্ত, প্রায়শই বিশেষভাবে নির্মাণের জন্য, একটি বিস্তৃতকরণযোগ্য তল

Forms of developable

Adjective
comparativemore developable
superlativemost developable
Noun
pluraldevelopables

Origin of developable

From develop + -able.

Words formed from developable

Phrases with developable

Questions about developable

What does developable mean?
Developable means suitable for development, often specifically for construction.
What is developable in Tamil?
Developable in Tamil is விரிவாக்கத்தக்க. See Developable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is developable?
Developable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near developable in the dictionary

  1. develins
  2. develled
  3. develling
  4. develop
  5. developability
  6. developable
  7. developable surface
  8. developable surfaces
  9. developables
  10. develope
  11. developed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: developable (page history and authors); developable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); developable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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