steer
verb (used with object)
to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc..
steerable
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a word derived from
steer.
Example Sentences
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It is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world, and its science was supercharged when it was connected to six other telescopes across central England, to create the e-MERLIN network.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But we’re buying raw AI firepower without any comparable investment in making these systems steerable and secure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
The development of the autonomous steerable needle robot leveraged UNC's highly collaborative culture by blending medicine, computer science, and engineering expertise.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
Green Bank has a 100-meter-diameter dish—a radio telescope’s equivalent of a mirror—making it the largest steerable antenna on Earth, uniquely suited to this job.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 21, 2023
Moreover, when the wind admits, there will be freely-moving steerable balloons wagging little flags to their friends below.
From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
