editableadj.
/ˈɛdᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ˈɛdədəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being edited; liable to be edited.
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1935 Speculum 10 229 Among other texts suggested as deserving modern editions are: (1) Odo of Deuil, De Ludovici VII Profectione in Orientem,..appearing only in extract in the M.G.H., but readily editable from a unique manuscript of the thirteenth century.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vi. 115 Discreetly discourage phrases such as ‘as I've just said’, and retake if they are not clearly editable.
2017 Dominon Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 13 It's effortless for us to make sure the show is editable into chunks.
2. Of data, text, etc., on a computer: that may be modified or altered by the user.
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1965 Q. Techn. Progress Rep. (Dept. Computer Sci., Univ. Illinois) Apr. 88 The purpose of an editable compiler language is to allow a user to compile a program, execute it for some time.., then modify the program without the loss of the computation to date.
1992 MacUser Nov. 265/3 Forthcoming OCR fax software from Calera..will automatically convert faxes to editable text.
2003 Which? Mar. 22/1 All the models included programs which can change a scanned image of a text document into an editable word processor file.
Derivatives
editaˈbility n. the quality of being editable; the extent to which something may be edited or modified.
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1949 B. K. Park How to edit & program Tape Recordings 3 The factor of ‘editability’ has brought into the realm of sound the facility to choose only the best from among as wide a range of recorded material as one wishes..and then to combine this best in whatever sequence and at whatever length is desired.
2010 B. Cantrell & W. Michaels Digital Drawing for Landscape Archit. ii. 17 The main advantage of digital media is its editability and efficiency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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