localizableadj.

Brit.

/ˈləʊkəlʌɪzəbl/,

/ˈləʊkl̩ʌɪzəbl/, U.S.

/ˈloʊkəˌlaɪzəb(ə)l/

Forms: see localize v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: localize v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < localize v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier locatable adj. and locable adj.

That can be localized (in various senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [adjective] > made local > able to be

localizable1847

1847 Med. Examiner Oct. 625 I frequently observed..a deteriorated condition of the system with no very specific, or localizable disease.

1865 F. H. Laing in Ess. Relig. & Lit. 1st Ser. 196 It is the same localisable faculty that is supposed in the idea of the name's being ‘called upon’ one, as a pledge of God's favour.

1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. vii. xvii. 467 Such components of consciousness..being unlocalizable in space, and being but indefinitely localizable in time.

1934 Times 28 Nov. 16/2 The operation proved that the human brain was no pulpy indeterminate mass..but an organ of definite localizable functions.

1952 World Politics 5 124 A world..in which war is likely to be more destructive and less localizable.

2007 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 97 1139 The neural network substrates for specific mental functions may be localizable to specific regions of the brain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	localizable
释义	localizableadj. Brit. /ˈləʊkəlʌɪzəbl/, /ˈləʊkl̩ʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˈloʊkəˌlaɪzəb(ə)l/ Forms: see localize v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: localize v., -able suffix. Etymology: < localize v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier locatable adj. and locable adj. That can be localized (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [adjective] > made local > able to be localizable1847 1847 Med. Examiner Oct. 625 I frequently observed..a deteriorated condition of the system with no very specific, or localizable disease. 1865 F. H. Laing in Ess. Relig. & Lit. 1st Ser. 196 It is the same localisable faculty that is supposed in the idea of the name's being ‘called upon’ one, as a pledge of God's favour. 1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. vii. xvii. 467 Such components of consciousness..being unlocalizable in space, and being but indefinitely localizable in time. 1934 Times 28 Nov. 16/2 The operation proved that the human brain was no pulpy indeterminate mass..but an organ of definite localizable functions. 1952 World Politics 5 124 A world..in which war is likely to be more destructive and less localizable. 2007 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 97 1139 The neural network substrates for specific mental functions may be localizable to specific regions of the brain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1847
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