Associations to the word «Developable»

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.