codable
- adjective
- /ˈkoʊdəbl/
- Specialized
- To ensure accurate billing, the clinic used codable forms for each patient visit.
Examples
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A total of 704 codable responses to the two questions were received.
Academic text (1997) -
The remainder were not codable.
Academic text (1999) -
Uh oh, no, this says this is not codable and decodable, this background.
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There were three codable Indians in the 1940s, seven each in the 1950s and 1960s, eleven in the 1970s, and thirty-nine in the 1980s.
Academic text (1992) -
The number of codable blacks increases to seven in the 1950s, twenty in the 1960s, fifty-three in the 1970s, and ninety-three in the 1980s.
Academic text (1992) -
Of the total number of codable characters, blacks constitute less than 0.01 percent in the 1950s, 2 percent in the 1960s, 6 percent in the 1970s, and 8 percent in the 1980s.
Academic text (1992) -
The survey yielded 200 codable responses that we can analyze for trends.
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Researchers provided a list of codable categories for classifying the data efficiently.
Synonyms
Able to be put into groups by similar features
Can be changed to another form for use in a system
Can be stored in a small fast memory inside a computer
How Codable
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Codable comes from code 'a set of signs or rules' and -able 'can be'. So something codable is something you 'can give a code to' or 'put into a clear category' for counting, billing, or study.