rangeable

Adjective

rangeable (comparative more rangeable, superlative most rangeable)

1. (obsolete) Arrangeable; classifiable.
   • Here we see them no less rangeable into opposites of direction or locality; by which contrast their several powers may prove best understood.1766, James Elphinston, The principles of the English Language digested
   • Jurine and Desportes, who have written two excellent dissertations on angina pectoris, consider the disease as attributable to functional disorder of the heart and lungs, and as rangeable among the neuroses.1823 March, John Mason Good, “The Study of Medicine”, in The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science, volume 3, page 814
2. Varying within a range.
   • The colour most prevailing in metals passes through all shades of white, of which the pure white of silver may be taken as the starting-point, and the blue white of lead the farthest remove from it; all otheres, with three exceptions, being rangeable between these two shades.1862, George Hogarth Makins, A Manual of Metallurgy, more particularly of the precious metals, but including such others as are employed in dental practice
   • The real factors, it must be admitted in the long run, of our premature mortality, of our lean physique and peculiar American temperaments, are, after all, our variable and extremely rangeable climate?1892, The Sanitarian - Volume 28, page 15
3. Able to be ranged or explored.
   • The whole extent of 6.900 miles is, with proper enterprise, rangeable, except across the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and affords a greater number of eligible positions for connected observations than can elsewhere he found.1882, Sandford Fleming, Letter to the President of the American Society for the Advancement of Science on the Subject of Standard Time for the United States of America, Canada and Mexico
   • Like the great Russian arc, its stretch of over 4,200 miles is rangeable and within a simple chain of feasible triangles.1884, What Shall be the Prime Meridian for the World?, page 16
4. Having an adjustable range.
   • User rangeable from -70° C to + 515°C.1988, Journal A.: Revue A. Tijdschrift A. Zeitschrift A - Volume 29, page 191
   • Our 2-wire temperature transmitters are field rangeable.1991, InTech - Volume 38, page 34
5. Supporting the use of ranges.
   • Obviously, the more searchable fields that are available (as opposed to those which are limitable or rangeable), the more bibliometric studies are possible.1982, Database - Volumes 5-6, page 82
   • The form VALUE- (where VALUE means a rangeable search term) specifies a range of values from and including VALUE, and all higher values.1994, Common Command Language for Online Interactive Information Retrieval, →ISBN
6. Providing information about the corresponding range; indicating territory or source.
   • Song learning enables singers to one-up listeners under certain circumstances that favor unrangeable songs. Territorial instability will generate selection that favors singers whose locations are not always rangeable, those with songs not in the memories of listeners.1998, Donald H. Owings, Eugene S. Morton, Animal Vocal Communication: A New Approach, →ISBN, page 158
   • The spotted towhee's fast trill degrades predictably with distance, thus providing listeners with a rangeable signal;2001, Dissertation Abstracts International: The sciences and engineering