relocatable

[ ree-loh-key-tuh-buhl, ree-loh-key- ]

adjective

1. constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular:

   relocatable classroom units.

2. Computers. (of a program, code, load module, etc.) capable of being loaded into and executed from different parts of main storage, with appropriate adjustment of address references.

noun

1. a structure that can be relocated.

Other Words From

• relo·cata·bili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of relocatable¹

First recorded in 1870–75; relocate + -able