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🗑️ Able to be dropped ✈️ Able to be released
jettisonable

jettisonable

8.8
Can be dropped from a plane or vehicle during use
  • adjective
  • /ˈdʒɛtɪsənəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desprendible
  • Engineers designed the satellite with a jettisonable cover to protect it during launch.

Examples

  • The cargo was deemed jettisonable during the emergency landing.

  • The aircraft was equipped with jettisonable fuel tanks for emergency situations.

  • The escape pod is jettisonable in case of a critical system failure.

  • In some situations, certain equipment is jettisonable to save weight.

  • The cargo was deemed jettisonable during the emergency landing to lighten the aircraft.

  • During the flight, the crew decided to make the jettisonable components available for rapid disposal.

  • In case of an emergency, the fuel tank is designed to be jettisonable to maintain safety.

Synonyms

expendable
vsjettisonable
46 6.7

Able to be used up or given up because it is not important to the main goal

is about releasing or dropping during operation rather than planned sacrifice
detachable
vsjettisonable
9 3.5

A part you can remove without damaging the thing it is on

is meant to be discarded or dropped during operation rather than simply removed
ejectable
vsjettisonable
1 6.4

Can be released from a machine or vehicle in an emergency to keep people safe

is meant for dropping or discarding during operation not only emergencies
releasable
vsjettisonable
1 4.0

Made so it can be easily taken off or opened, like a strap

is specific to being dropped from vehicles or aircraft during operation
discardable
vsjettisonable
4.0

Made to be thrown away after use

is specific to dropping from vehicles during operation not general disposal

Antonyms

essential
50 2.4

Things you need for a purpose, like food or water

How Dispensable

expendable
46 6.7
jettisonable
  • Specialized
8.8
removable
20 3.3

Surface Forms

jettisonable positive

Morphology

jettisonable = jettison (transparent) = jettison + able

Derived by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-able' to 'jettison', yielding 'capable of being jettisoned'; the technical sense (aircraft/vehicle) is part of the verb's meaning.

Etymology

Jettisonable comes from the verb jettison (originally meaning 'to throw overboard') and the suffix -able meaning 'can'. That's why we call fuel tanks or covers jettisonable when a plane or ship can 'drop' them in an emergency.