manipulable
[muh-nip-yuh-luh-buh l]
- capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
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Origin of manipulable
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I'll be completely damned if I can see how this type of Gunther generator can put out a manipulable field, but it must.
The Galaxy PrimesEdward Elmer Smith
I found my manipulable field, but a bomb went off in my brain when I straightened it out.
The Galaxy PrimesEdward Elmer Smith
Attempts at orderly abstraction of manipulable symbols from the realities of history seem to me doomed from the start.
The SyndicC.M. Kornbluth
On the floor of the cabin was a flannel bulldog with "manipulable" legs and a changeable expression.
Stories of the ShipsLewis R. Freeman
Word Origin and History for manipulable
adj.
1859, from manipulate + -able. Related: Manipulability.
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