Associations to the word «Developable»
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Wiktionary
DEVELOPABLE, adjective. Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
DEVELOPABLE, adjective. (photography) (of a latent image) Which can be developed into a visible image.
DEVELOPABLE, adjective. (geometry) (of a surface) Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
DEVELOPABLE, noun. (geometry) A developable surface.
DEVELOPABLE SURFACE, noun. A surface (in more than two dimensions, a plane is trivially developable) that can be flattened into a plane without distortion.
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