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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The government has pulled £2.8m from the Cheshire site - home to the third-largest steerable telescope in the world - putting 28 jobs at risk.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
And then the wisdom and the great necessity of having the rear sled movable and steerable was apparent.
From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis
