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be operable
adjective
Able to be operated or used
Exact(43)
To prevent humans from being exposed to radiation when it is operated, the accelerator should also be operable through remote monitoring and remote control.
Finally, the fuel nozzle is installed in a 290 kW simple-cycle liquid-fueled gas turbine engine and is found to be operable over the entire operating range.
Housing officials said that during an annual inspection in February, the smoke detector was replaced and was in operating order, and that in April the detector was again found to be operable.
Obviously, if you succeed, that core definition will no longer be operable".
The phone appears not to be running Apple's consumer iPhone software, iOS8, and may not be operable.
With more development it will, they hope, also be operable in daylight and at greater range.
Similar(17)
As a series configuration, the subsystem is only operational if both components are operable.
Huguet announced that Johnson's cancer was operable, albeit with only a 15% chance of his surviving the operation.
Desks are in place, computers are loaded with the companies' software and phone lines are operable.
Airport authorities said back-up generators were operable, and it was not immediately known why the airline's computers failed.
Doctors tell him that his condition is operable — but that they can't accept him without conventional insurance.
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