DEVELOPABLE

Etymology

Adjective

developable (comparative more developable, superlative most developable)

Suitable for development, often specifically for construction

(photography, of a latent image) Which can be developed into a visible image.

(geometry, of a surface) Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.

Noun

developable (plural developables)

(geometry) A developable surface.

Source: Wiktionary


De*vel"op*a*ble, a.

Definition: Capable of being developed. J. Peile. Developable surface (Math.), a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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