deployable

adj, noun — 3 senses

deployable

adj

Etymology From French déployable, deploy + -able.

1

Able to be deployed.

  • […] Germany had 284,500 active personnel in the armed forces with only 7500 readily deployable forces and 6810 committed to peace support operations; France had 259,050 personnel[…]2005 October 31, A. Forster, Armed Forces and Society in Europe, Springer, →ISBN, page 166:
2

Of an aircraft flight recorder Ejectable, separable from the aircraft.

  • It played a significant role in the evolution of the deployable recorder, and offers an attractive alternative to "fixed recorders" in a "dual redundancy" installation (discussed later)2000, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal:
  • For example, helicopters that ditch at sea are often unrecoverable and consequently, despite the systems' higher cost and increased complexity, the Navy needed deployable recorder systems for its helicopters.2002, Aircraft & Aerospace Asia-Pacific:
Derived terms
nondeployable, undeployable

deployable

noun

Etymology From French déployable, deploy + -able.

1

Something, such as a software package or a military resource, that may be deployed.

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