drillable

Adjective

drillable (not comparable)

1. Suitable for being drilled through.
   • For rocks at the surface or within drillable depths, observations are primarily geological in nature, and, in general, they indicate great complexity in structure and great spatial variation in composition.1977, J. G. Heacock, The Earth's Crust, page 243
   • Land use restrictions in the eastern United States must be taken into account in determining the total drillable area.1979, Devonian Shale Task Group of the National Petroleum Council Committee on Unconventional Gas Sources, page 57
2. Suitable for being applied using a seed drill.
   • In putting on fertilizers, care should be taken to see that the material is in good drillable condition.1915, Farm Machinery and Equipment, page 16
   • All fertilizers tested are drillable at relative humidities below 50 per cent, but no fertilizer remains drillable when exposed to a humidity above its hygroscopic point.1930, Experiment Station Record - Volume 63, page 582
3. (media studies) Supporting a drilldown action in which one can discover more details about a topic or text.
   • To indicate to the business user of the report that more detailed information is available behind the summary group level, the mouse pointer turns into a magnifying glass icon when it floats over a drillable section (for example, the yellow count field of customer contacts, located in the Group...2006, Neil FizGerald, James Edkins, Annette Jonker, Michael Voloshko, Crystal Reports XI Official Guide, page 188
   • If a report has a pivot table with drillable elements, then the report should make the pivot table available through a view selector that also contains a tabular view.2009, Amy Mayer, Kevin McGinley, Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Dashboard and Report Best Practices, page 19
4. Having an arm or manipulator that can position the tool or attachment at the end in different orientations.
   • The drillable centre-line determining device disclosed in this patent takes the form of an interposer which has on its underside a projecting location pin perpendicular to its upper surface which acts as a planarisation platform.1984, Robotics Technology Abstracts - Volume 3, page 280
   • A drillable robot is capable of placing its end link in any orientation in the pencil of planes containing its first link.1987, R. E. Trahan, Applied Identification, Modelling and Simulation, page 107
5. Appropriate for learning through repeated practice (drill).
   • A second explanation and provision for practice of drillable items will reinforce your presentation for those who need a second exposure.1987, Anita Woolfolk Hoy, Educational Psychology, page 83
   • Both the drillable subject matter and the types of test that measure it make cheating especially easy (see p. 229).2014, Patricia Clark Kenschaft, Math Power: How to Help Your Child Love Math, Even If You Don't, page 200