[1650–60; regul(ate) + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agency, parade, parameter, romantic, syllabus-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'regulable' in a sentence
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Amplitudes and delay time of the pulses are regulable.
V. V. Kobychev 2007, 'Regulable multichannel generator of pulses imitating scintillation flashes of tungstates',Âderna Fìzika ta Energetikahttp://jnpae.kinr.kiev.ua/21(3)/Articles_PDF/jnpae-2007-3(21)-0103-Kobychev.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This apparatus represents a paraboloid of rotation, which can be set in a regulable rotation around the vertical axis.
K. I. Patarashvili, Z. J. Tsakadze, Z. J. Tsakadze, M. V. Kalashnik, V. O. Kakhiani,R. J. Chanishvili, J. I. Nanobashvili, M. A. Zhvania 2006, 'Topographic instability of flow in a rotating fluid', Nonlinear Processes in Geophysicshttp://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/13/231/2006/npg-13-231-2006.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The paper may open a door for developing important engineering materials with regulable and comprehensive performances.
Chaoyang Wang, Man Li, Mo Zhu, Han Wang, Chunling Qin, Weimin Zhao, Zhifeng Wang 2017, 'Controlling the Mechanical Properties of Bulk Metallic Glasses by Superficial DealloyedLayer', Nanomaterialshttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/7/11/352. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)