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reachable

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːtʃəbəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English reach 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 reachable From reach + -able.

  1. Within easy reach; accessible

    Now, for the first time in the station's history, all 15 platforms are reachable from one central point.

    Kramatorsk is a smoky industrial city in Donbass, and a major railway junction. According to Google Travel, I can now reach Kramatorsk by rail from Hertfordshire (where I live) in just... 56 hours and 35 minutes. That highly hypothetical trip would entail 11 train changes. The important thing, however, is that the long-suffering city is again reachable by rail.

  2. That may be reached from another node in a graph by passing along one or more lines

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English reach 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 reachable From reach + -able.

  1. Someone or something that can be reached.
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