controllable

English

Etymology

From control +‎ -able.

Adjective

controllable (comparative more controllable, superlative most controllable)

1. Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.
   • 1961, American Farm Economic Association, Journal of Farm Economics:

     For instance, such nonweather factors as insects, disease, errors of management, accidents, and other factors may not be considered controllable […]

   • 1961 Novermber, Voyageur, “The last of the Midland compounds”, in Trains Illustrated, page 675:

     A spring-loaded reducing valve, controllable from the cab, admitted h.p. steam to both h.p. and l.p. cylinders whenever necessary, as, for example, on starting; [...].

Antonyms

• uncontrollable

Derived terms

• incontrollable
• noncontrollable
• photocontrollable

 

Related terms

• control
• controllability
• controllableness
• controllably

Translations

able to be controlled

• Catalan: controlable
• Dutch: beheersbaar (nl)
• Finnish: hallittava (fi), hallittavissa oleva
• French: contrôlable (fr)
• Galician: controlable (gl), controlábel (gl)
• German: kontrollierbar (de)
• Italian: dominabile (it), frenabile, raffrenabile
• Japanese: 操れる (ja) (ayatsureru), 自家薬篭中の (jika yakurōchu no)
• Manx: yn-smaghtey, yn-stiurey, yn-streeaney
• Middle English: comaundable
• Portuguese: controlável
• Romanian: controlabil (ro)
• Russian: управля́емый (ru) (upravljájemyj), контроли́руемый (ru) (kontrolírujemyj)
• Spanish: controlable

Noun

controllable (plural controllables)

1. (business) Any factor that can be controlled.
   • 1976, Edward W. Cundiff, Richard Ralph Still, Norman A. P. Govoni, Fundamentals of Modern Marketing, page 131:

     The widest variety of marketing research studies focus on the influences of controllables—products, distribution, promotion, and price.

References

• “controllable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “controllable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.