To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable: get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.
Source: wiktionary
Scalable
//ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩//
Synonyms for "scalable" (2 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Related words (1)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- escalable adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
Dutch
4 entries- beklimbaar adj (capable of being climbed)
- bestijgbaar adj (capable of being climbed)
- klimbaar adj (capable of being climbed)
- opschaalbaar adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
Estonian
1 entries- skaleeritav adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
French
2 entries- extensible adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
- évolutif adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
German
1 entries- skalierbar adj (capable of being climbed)
Greek
1 entries- επεκτάσιμος adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
Macedonian
2 entries- искачлив adj (capable of being climbed)
- размерлив adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
Russian
2 entries- масштаби́руемый adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
- расширя́емый adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
Spanish
2 entries- escalable adj (capable of being climbed)
- escalable adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
Swedish
2 entries- bestigbar adj (capable of being climbed)
- skalbar adj (able to be changed in scale; resizeable)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution.
Source: wiktionary
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