Writable

//ˈɹaɪtəbəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being written.

    "Are sign languages writable?"

  2. 2
    Capable of being written to. usually

    "The file is writable only for users in the admin group."

  3. 3
    mutable

    "In general, writable variables must have unique instances per processor executing a shader and therefore cannot be shared."

Synonyms

All synonyms
textualizabletextualizable

Example

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"The file is writable only for users in the admin group."

Etymology

From write + -able.

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