trackable

adj, noun — 2 senses

trackable

adj

US /ˈtɹækəbəl/

Etymology * track + -able

1

Able to be tracked, or worthy of being tracked.

The footsteps were trackable near the grass, but not on it, and were visible on the harrowed ground.1869, George Walter Thornbury, Old Stories Retold, published 1879, page 231:
The long flight to Mars and the even longer orbiting time of a precisely trackable spacecraft will enable scientists to refine the accuracy of our data bank on true distances across the solar system, the exact shape of the planet Mars, and possible anomalies in its gravitational field caused by mass concentrations (mascons).1971 November, Wernher von Braun, “Mariner 9 to Mars”, in Popular Science, page 64:

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Instead of tightening controls, it relaxed them, making $10,000 the minimum value for trackable items, instead of $5,000, the report said.2007, "Report Faults NASA on Equipment Losses," Bloomberg News, in The New York Times, July 26, 2007

Derived terms: nontrackable, untrackable

trackable

noun

Etymology * track + -able

1

Any object capable of being tracked.

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