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codable

codable

6.1
Able to be put into clear groups for analysis or billing
  • adjective
  • /ˈkoʊdəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : codificable
  • To ensure accurate billing, the clinic used codable forms for each patient visit.

Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Researchers provided a list of codable categories for classifying the data efficiently.

Synonyms

classifiable
vscodable
1 4.9

Able to be put into groups by similar features

is for assigning short identifiers used in analysis billing or tracking
mappable
vscodable
  • Specialized
6.1

Can be changed to another form for use in a system

is about assigning short identifiers used in analysis billing or tracking
registerable
vscodable
  • Specialized
6.8

Can be stored in a small fast memory inside a computer

is focused on assigning short identifiers for analysis billing rather than storage

How Codable

codable
  • Specialized
6.1
uncoded
  • Specialized
1 5.6

Surface Forms

codable positive

Morphology

codable = code (transparent) = code + able

Formed from the productive verb 'code' plus the adjectival suffix '-able', yielding the straightforward meaning 'able to be coded' across classification, genetic encoding, and programming senses.

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.