relocatable

American  

[ree-loh-key-tuh-buhl, ree-loh-key-] / riˈloʊ keɪ tə bəl, ˌri loʊˈkeɪ- /

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.

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noun

1. a structure that can be relocated.

Other Word Forms

• relocatability noun

Etymology

Origin of relocatable

First recorded in 1870–75; relocate + -able

Example Sentences

The $8 million investment would include $2 million toward immediately establishing interim wellness centers at county high schools in existing space and relocatable classrooms, county officials said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022

Halley VI, however, is Antarctica's first relocatable research station.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2017

At midnight of this woful tenth day, the ledge would be "relocatable," and by eleven o'clock the hill was black with men prepared to do the relocating.

From Roughing It, Part 5. by Twain, Mark