plottable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English plot
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English plottable

    From plot + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɒtəbəl

    Adjective

    plottable (comparative more plottable, superlative most plottable)

    1. Able to be plotted or surveyed.
      After a few weeks wandering the mountainous jungle terrain, we gave up our survey and declared the area not plottable.
    2. Able to be located on a coordinate system.
      The program limited plottable pixels to the confines of the screen.

    Derived terms

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