relocatable

relocatable

English

Etymology

    From relocate + -able.

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    • Hyphenation: re‧lo‧cat‧a‧ble

    Adjective

    relocatable (comparative more relocatable, superlative most relocatable)

    1. That can be relocated.
      • 1987 August 22, “Thoreau Type GWM Mid Age (personal advertisementR”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 6, page 13:
        [Thoreau Type GWM Mid Age] Seeks similar independent person relocatable to idylic [sic] remote area. Interests must include self sufficiency, honesty, value of quality of life over monetary gain.
      1. (of a device) Movable, but not functional/usable while being transported.
      2. (computing, of a machine code routine) That functions identically at any address in memory.

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    Noun

    relocatable (plural relocatables)

    1. A temporary building that can be dismantled and set up in another location.