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translatable

translatable

6.0
Can change into a different form or material
  • adjective
  • /trænˈsleɪtəbl/
translation icon : transformable
  • The principles of chemistry are often translatable into practical applications in daily life.

Examples

  • After a long interval during the Cold War when military industry became an exotic and separate entity, the pendulum has begun to swing back, and economic strength may again prove easily translatable into military power.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Her experiences as a teacher were translatable to her new role as an educational consultant.

  • The work I make is translatable into a structure.

    Academic text (1999)
  • You can show the, the light out is, is translatable directly to the voltage in.

  • Because yoga seeks to balance and unite mind, body, and spirit, the benefits are immediately translatable to emotional health.

    Blog text (4)
  • The research findings are translatable into solutions for real-world problems in environmental science.

Synonyms

transmutable
vstranslatable
9.5

Able to change into a different form or material

is the same meaning but presented as a different word form
transformable
vstranslatable
5.6

Able to change shape, look or material when conditions change

emphasizes alchemy-like conversion into another substance rather than general change
convertive
vstranslatable
8.2

Able to make something change from one form to another

is about being changed into another form rather than causing change

Antonyms

A word, phrase, or work that another language cannot express fully without losing meaning

How Transformable

changeable
8 3.5
translatable
6.0
unchangeable
5 4.0

Surface Forms

translatable positive

Morphology

translatable = translate (semi-transparent) = translate + able

Built from 'translate' + '-able' but used figuratively to mean 'capable of being converted or rendered' in non-linguistic domains, so the relation is clear though extended.

Etymology

Translatable also comes from trans- ('across') and -late ('to carry'), a idea you can see in the common word transfer. So to call an idea or plan translatable is to say it can be 'carried' into a new form or real result.