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deˈmountable, a.
[f. de- II. 3 + mount n.2 + -able; cf. F. démontable (1870 in Robert).]
That can be taken from its mount (see mount n.2 3) or setting; that can be dismantled. Also as n. Hence demountaˈbility, the property of being demountable.
1909V. Lougheed Vehicles of Air xiv. 467 Demountable, said of a mechanism designed with special provision for ready taking apart and reassembling. 1910R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 458 Demountable, a type of construction which permits a machine to be easily taken apart for transportation. 1918Webster Add., Demountable..said of a form of rim, for an automobile wheel, which with its tire can be removed from the wheel. 1930Engineering 21 Feb. 248/1 A new form of a demountable Timken bearing idler. 1934Webster, Demountability. 1941Nature 19 Apr. 481/1 Irradiation was carried out by means of a demountable X-ray tube. 1943J. S. Huxley TVA x. 75 Its demountable house..is mass-produced in sections, which are then transported to their destination on special trailers, and erected on pre-cast concrete foundations built on the site. 1944Archit. Rev. XCVI. 32/2 These [houses] were built of various types of prefabricated panels; but the degree of prefabrication and actual ‘demountability’..varied considerably. 1971Nature 4 June p. ix (Advt.), Demountable assemblies with photomultipliers. ..Integral assemblies for highest resolution. |