Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being captured; liable to capture.
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- adjective That can be
captured .
Etymologies
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"Only a small percentage of emitted CO2 is 'capturable' since most emissions aren't pure enough," the notes say.
Archive 2008-11-01 Noni Mausa 2008
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"Only a small percentage of emitted CO2 is 'capturable' since most emissions aren't pure enough," the notes say.
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science 2009
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I think of high-concept books as ones that have big juicy plot hooks capturable in quick buzzy sound bites, or anything that gets described as X meets Y, as in "The Babysitters Club meets Twilight."
Think of the grownups Roger Sutton 2009
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The views and faces he captured were captured by others, and were infinitely capturable.
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Secondly the Blue team rezzed several decoy flags, and when those were removed, the remaining flag was not capturable by the red team, the first is unsporting, the second another "bug" in favor of the blue team.
Conflagration In Caledon ZenMondo Wormser 2007
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Secondly the Blue team rezzed several decoy flags, and when those were removed, the remaining flag was not capturable by the red team, the first is unsporting, the second another "bug" in favor of the blue team.
Archive 2007-07-01 ZenMondo Wormser 2007
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Again, this conclusion is potentially supported by the literature on moral particularism, which allows that a property's moral relevance can vary not only from context to context, but also in a way not capturable by a general theory (Dancy 1993).
Human/Non-Human Chimeras Streiffer, Robert 2009
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Understanding something about the world of art just habituates us to living in a world which is strange, not a world that's capturable and containable, and I think that's good for us as people of faith.
What Difference Does it Make? - The Gospel in Contemporary Culture Questions & Answers Session 2008
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If they can capture those text messages, and if she posted herself on a dating site, or on Myspace, those are easily capturable, Mike Brooks.
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This slight of hand has convinced us that Truth is capturable with thought's butterfly nets.
You can't begin yourself away from what you're already doing. 2006
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