rewireableadj.
/riːˈwʌɪərəbl/, U.S. /riˈwaɪ(ə)rəbəl/ That may be rewired.
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rewireable1911
1911 Amer. Mag. Apr. 87 (advt.) Fly Screens Cin-Man-Co Rewirable.
1920 Federal Reporter 263 379 There was nothing novel in the idea of a rewireable screen frame, whether of wood or of sheet metal, having a recess therein for holding the screen cloth.
1976 BSI News Nov. 16/1 Three-pin rewireable or non-rewireable plugs will be available for the connection of Class I equipment (i.e. equipment requiring earthing).
2000 R. Rojas & U. Hashagen First Computers p. x Could it be that the microchips of the future will look like the ENIAC, like problem-dependent rewireable machine?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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