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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Which can be developed into a visible image.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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adj
Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
A developable surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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History
Etymology tree English develop Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English developable From develop + -able.
