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retrievable, a.|rɪˈtriːvəb(ə)l|
[f. retrieve v. + -able.]
Capable or admitting of being retrieved.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. Misc. iii. ii. 179 Those whose Relish is retrievable, and whose Taste may yet be form'd in Morals. 1760Sterne Tr. Shandy vii. xvi, Still is sweet sleep retrievable. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. xx. 504 Even in the hardened Barnardine, the worthy Provost can discern that spark of retrievable matter which should be fostered into hope of reformation. 1890Spectator 6 Sept., Steps which are either irretrievable, or are retrievable only after terrible suffering and loss. 1967Times Rev. Industry Oct. 84/1 Formalized techniques or procedures..for continuously carrying intelligence into retrievable form. 1974C. Taylor Fieldwork in Medieval Archaeol. i. 18 The information..needs to be sorted and assembled in some form of retrievable system.
Add: Hence reˌtrievaˈbility n.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1976Linguistics CLXXVII. 53 The complete retrievability of particular characteristics from the questionnaires allows us to make qualitative comparisons by cross-sectionalizing. 1985Library Assoc. Rec. Apr. 136/2 (Advt.), Abstractors, well used to meeting the demands of brevity, readability and retrievability that enquirers need. |