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port•a•ble



Pronunciation: (pôr'tu-bul, pōr'-), [key]
—adj.
1. capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
2. easily carried or conveyed by hand: a portable typewriter.
3. Computers.(of data sets, software, etc.) capable of being used on different computer systems.
4. Obs.endurable.

—n.
something that is portable, esp. as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart: Of their three television sets, one is a portable.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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