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soarable, a.|ˈsɔərəb(ə)l| [f. soar v. + -able.] Suitable for soaring flight. Hence soaraˈbility, a soarable condition.
1922Nature 17 June 799/1 When the air at the level of the fin-ray was ‘soarable’, as shown by the behavior of dragon-flies. 1922Flight XIV. 620/2 How machines will fare..remains to be seen. The southern slopes are not nearly so steep, and the extent to which they give soar⁓ability is at present a matter for speculation. 1961Aeroplane & Astronautics CI. 163/2 The second day..suffered from clamp in the middle but produced soarable periods at either end. Ibid., Nobody went away in the morning soarability, because the post-frontal sky, when it came in late afternoon, should theoretically have been worth waiting for. |