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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•mov•a•ble (ri mo̅o̅′və bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - that may be removed.
- Mathematics
- (of a singularity of a function of a complex variable) noting that the function is not analytic at the point but that the function can be redefined so as to be analytic at the point.
- (of a discontinuity) noting that the function is discontinuous at the point but that the function can be redefined so as to be continuous at the point. Cf. essential (def. 5).
re•mov′a•bil′i•ty, re•mov′a•ble•ness, n. re•mov′a•bly, adv. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•move /rɪˈmuv/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -moved, -mov•ing. - to move or shift from a place or position:removed her hands from the steering wheel.
- to take off;
shed:to remove one's jacket. - to dismiss from a position;
discharge:removed her from her job. - to eliminate;
do away with or put an end to:to remove the threat of danger. - to kill;
assassinate:He removed most of his rivals to the throne. re•mov•a•ble, adj. See -mov-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•move (ri mo̅o̅v′),USA pronunciation v., -moved, -mov•ing, n. v.t. - to move from a place or position;
take away or off:to remove the napkins from the table. - to take off or shed (an article of clothing):to remove one's jacket.
- to move or shift to another place or position;
transfer:She removed the painting to another wall. - to put out;
send away:to remove a tenant. - to dismiss or force from a position or office;
discharge:They removed him for embezzling. - to take away, withdraw, or eliminate:to remove the threat of danger.
- to get rid of;
do away with; put an end to:to remove a stain; to remove the source of disease. - to kill;
assassinate. v.i. - to move from one place to another, esp. to another locality or residence:We remove to Newport early in July.
- to go away;
depart; disappear. n. - the act of removing.
- a removal from one place, as of residence, to another.
- the distance by which one person, place, or thing is separated from another:to see something at a remove.
- a mental distance from the reality of something as a result of psychological detachment or lack of experience:to criticize something at a remove.
- a degree of difference, as that due to descent, transmission, etc.:a folk survival, at many removes, of a druidic rite.
- a step or degree, as in a graded scale.
- British Termsa promotion of a pupil to a higher class or division at school.
- Latin removēre. See re-, move
- Old French remouvoir
- Middle English removen (verb, verbal) 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dislodge.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged displace, transport.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged murder.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged leave.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged remain.
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