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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\De*vel"op*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being developed. --J. Peile.

{Developable surface} (Math.), a surface described by a
   moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of
   the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can
   be developed into a plane.

 

 

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