The Collaborative International Dictionary
Developable \De*vel"op*a*ble\, a.
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.
Wiktionary
a. Suitable for development, often specifically for construction n. (cx geometry English) A developable surface.
Wikipedia
In mathematics, the term developable may refer to:
- A developable space in general topology.
- A developable surface in geometry.
- A tangent developable surface of a space curve
Usage examples of "developable".
It wants not only a developable talent but also a fingers-to-the-nub apprenticeship that may occasionally prove more humbling than uplifting.
Having exhausted some decades earlier the available developable coastal land in the vicinity of the Port, numerous powerful and impatient mercantile interests had banded together, lobbied for, and eventually secured permission to build not on protected South Padre Island, but behind it.
There must have been some developable features--a sort of latent-image effect?