reachableadj.n.
/ˈriːtʃəbl/, U.S. /ˈritʃəb(ə)l/ A. adj.† 2. Able to reach to. Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. That may be reached; within reach; attainable.
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the world > space > distance > [adjective] > that may be reached
reachable1600
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > affording access > accessible
accessiblea1425
approachable?a1560
adible1568
reachable1600
accessive1611
come-at-able?1685
get-at-able1799
frequentable1843
attainable1856
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective]
passiblec1384
susceptive1577
impressive1593
waxy1594
eath1596
impressible1626
mutual1657
responsive1657
open1672
susceptible1709
unsteeled1744
unblunted1775
sensate1788
affectible1796
tangible1813
suscipient1815
impressionable1833
impressional1860
unseared1860
reachable1873
passionful1902
1600 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1942) I. 89 That thair be ane ressonabill or rechable pryce set yeirlie upoune wyne and victuall.
1699 J. Sergeant Raillery defeated 158 That a Grave Man..should..think himself very Learned in Criticism all the while..makes him not reachable by that Sophister, or by any.
1718 E. Strother Euodia ii. 75 To amend (if reachable) the Local Fault, and Immediate Cause.
a1753 J. Richardson Acct. Life (1757) 179 There is an inward Witness which God hath placed in the Hearts of Men that is Reachable.
1824 L.-M. Hawkins Mem. II. 5 (note) My father..had strong oak shutters put on the outside of all the reachable windows in our house.
1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again xvii. 229 If through the sense of smell Her heart were reachable.
1914 R. Shackleton & E. Shackleton Four on Tour xviii. 186 Few visitors go to Runnimede [sic], because it has not been a readily reachable place by rail.
1938 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 5 225 The property of the debtor was reachable through the ordinary processes of the law court.
1994 Bottom Line 15 July 8/3 They see that they can come visit and that their mothers are reachable by telephone.
b. Mathematics. That may be reached by passing along the lines of a graph.
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the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [adjective] > of a graph
reconcilable1873
smoothed1888
linear1910
J-shaped1911
nomographic1915
smooth1929
complete1935
spanning1956
reachable1959
embeddable1961
1959 Sociometry 22 143 The matrix M contains all these paths and also a path of length l from each point to itself. Thus each point is reachable from itself.
1973 S. Even Algorithmic Combinatorics vi. 109 A vertex v is called a root..of the graph if every vertex of the graph is reachable from v.
2001 Ecology 82 1206/2 A graph is connected if there exists a path between each pair of nodes, that is, if every node is reachable from some other node.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > able to extend to higher point
reachable1633
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 10) 801 A Tower reachable to heaven.
B. n.
U.S. A person who can be contacted.In quot. 1974: a person who can be bribed. Cf. reach v.1 11f.
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society > communication > [adjective] > able to be communicated with
contactable1962
reachable1974
1969 Public Opinion Q. 33 6 Unless the statisticians can somehow produce a more practical probability device than currently known for dealing with non-reachables, the sampling side of polling techniques..seem[s] unlikely to improve.]
1974 Publishers Weekly 27 May 31 (advt.) The secret deals behind the rip-off, put~down and sell-out of the American people..to Big Money interests..with the help of the reachables in office!
1978 A. Maupin Tales of City 203 Are you..one of the reachables?.. Can I give you my phone number?
1999 N.Y. Times 31 May a13 Once a person sinks into a permanently reachable state, all fellow-reachables resent any turning-off.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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