repeatable

English

Etymology

From repeat +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpiːtəbəl/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpitəbəl/, [ɹɪˈpiɾəbɫ̩]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpiːtəbəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈpiːtəbəl/

Adjective

repeatable (comparative more repeatable, superlative most repeatable)

1. Able to be repeated.
   • 2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:

     Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.

2. (sciences, of an experiment or procedure) That gives the same results when repeated.

Antonyms

• unrepeatable

Derived terms

• irrepeatable
• nonrepeatable
• repeatably

Translations

able to be repeated

Catalan: repetible Danish: der kan gentages Galician: repetible (gl), repetíbel (gl) Georgian: განმეორებადი (ganmeorebadi) German: wiederholbar Hungarian: megismételhető (hu), elismételhető Italian: ripetibile (it) Portuguese: repetível Spanish: repetible Swedish: repeterbar

that gives the same result when repeated

Catalan: repetible Hungarian: reprodukálható, megismételhető (hu) Italian: ripetibile (it) Spanish: repetible

See also

• reproducible