scalable

adj

1. Capable of being climbed.
2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.

   “To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable: get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.”

3. Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease.

   “Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution.”

4. Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.