Obtainable
[əb'teinəbl,ɔb-]
Definition
(a.) Capable of being obtained.
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Examples
- Thus the quantity of good clinker obtainable was unfavorably affected. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He found them all greatly lacking in economy of operation; indeed, the highest results obtainable from the best were 18 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the first instruments that were constructed, the objects were fixed in the field of view, therefore scarcely any change of pattern was obtainable. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Both utilizations depended upon the supply of current now cheaply obtainable from the dynamo. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Often, after being coagulated, it is smoked, and smoked plantation sheet is, next to Para, the best rubber obtainable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Metals separated from the ore by electricity are called electrolytic metals and are the purest obtainable. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At such times, a good flow is obtainable even on the uppermost floors. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The useful results obtainable previously from the current of a frictional machine were not much greater than those to be derived from the flight of a rocket. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This industry, therefore, not only utilizes the greatest heat obtainable on a practical scale, but it also utilizes the greatest cold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Having conceived some new idea and read everything obtainable relating to the subject in general, Edison's fertility of resource and originality come into play. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Into this converted structure was put the most complete steam plant obtainable, together with all the mechanical and engineering adjuncts bearing upon economical and successful operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the contrary, all of the few types then obtainable were uneconomical, indeed wasteful, in regard to efficiency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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