单词 | recordable |
释义 | recordableadj. 1. Able to be recorded; (also) worthy of being recorded, memorable. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > [adjective] > recorded > able to be recordable1481 1481 W. Caxton tr. Cicero De Senectute sig. d6v In this book I gadir to gedir all recordable processe of eueery noble cause [L. causarum inlustrium quascumque defendi nunc cum maxime conficio orationes]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 258/2 Thou that arte called to the lyf perdurable..to refection not recordable. 1683 E. Chamberlayne Present State Eng. (new ed.) iii. 181 Cadbury is recordable for the defeat given by King Arthur to the English Saxons. 1789 J. Smith Moral Telescope 109 They are recordable in the sight of all penetrating discernment. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. ii. 25 Of very important, very recordable events. View more context for this quotation 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. xi. 541 Prince Lichtenstein..does nothing else recordable, in Berlin. 1917 Wireless World May 87 It might prove useful when signals of recordable strength are obtainable. 1974 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Other Story viii. 62 Everything recordable about this room had been recorded. 2007 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 11 Nov. n17 He had no pulse nor recordable blood pressure. 2. Capable of being recorded on or written to, esp. (of a CD or DVD) only once. Also as postmodifier. Cf. CD-R n. at CD n.1 Compounds 2, DVD-R n. at DVD n. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1979 Los Angeles Times 18 Nov. 44/2 Like the phonograph, the video disc can't record (though recordable versions may be a few years down the line). 1995 Macworld Oct. 36/2 CD-Recordable (CD-R) discs can be written to only once—good for archiving but not for general storage. 1999 Christmas at WHSmith Catal. 53/3 Enjoy these fun extras with some fantastic offers on a wide range of recordable media. 2007 E. Seagren Secure your Network for Free v. 329 Another option is to write the logs to a write-once medium, such as a recordable CD-ROM or DVD. Derivatives reˌcordaˈbility n. capacity or suitability for being recorded; (also) capacity to record. ΚΠ 1928 Washington Post 10 Sept. 12/6 A vast number of conjectures about the recordability of voices. 1987 Jrnl. Sci. Study Relig. 26 441 The consensus of the clergy group and the lay group regarding the recordability of serious crimes. 2004 Times (Nexis) 9 Oct. (Features section) 28 The affordability and lengthy recordability of video cameras came about in the early 1980s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1481 |
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