isolableadj.
/ˈʌɪsələb(ə)l/, /ˈɪsələb(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈaɪsələbəl/ Capable of being isolated.
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isolablea1855
isolatable1936
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > isolated > able to be
isolablea1855
isolatable1936
a1855 C. B. Mansfield Theory of Salts (1865) 441 The notion that the complex base H3NH is a self-existent, probably isolable body.
a1856 Sir W. Hamilton in Daily News (1883) 20 Sept. 5/6 Algebra and geometry are..isolated or at least isolable from all outward and accidental phenomena.
1926 A. R. Lord Princ. Pol. v. 147 Democracy is no isolable, dead element in the composition of social and political humanity.
1965 W. Lamb Posture & Gesture vii. 97 We can demonstrate, however, that there is a distinctly isolable quality of children's physical behaviour.
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