machine-readable

[ muh-sheen-ree-duh-buhl ]

/ məˈʃinˈri də bəl /

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adjective Computers.

of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.

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Origin of machine-readable

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby machine-readable

machinelike, machine moulding, machine pistol, machine, political, machine politics, machine-readable, machinery, machinery murmur, machinery steel, machine screw, machine shop

How to use machine-readable in a sentence

The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
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They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
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“If BMW is ‘the ultimate driving machine,’ your Anthem is the ultimate differentiator,” writes Hogshead.
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The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.
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Even his signature instrument, Auto-Tune, has become as accepted an ingredient in hip-hop as the drum machine.
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The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
A little black girl sat on the floor, and with her hands worked the treadle of the machine.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.
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"I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

British Dictionary definitions for machine-readable

machine readable

adjective

(of data) in a form in which it can be fed into a computer

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