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  1. "Extensible" vs. "extendible" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Nov 7, 2012 · Extensible was, through the mid-20th century, the most common form, but today it trails extendable by a substantial margin, while extendible continues to appear infrequently. …

  2. Best word for "unable to change"

    Aug 23, 2012 · I'm looking for a word that is the opposite of "adaptable." I would like to say "unadaptable," but that's not a real word according to my dictionary. So, what's the best word …

  3. Why "motherboard" is used to refer to main board of computer

    Why is motherboard used to refer to the main board of a computer? What is the relationship with the word mother here?

  4. What’s the term for an acronym that refers to another acronym?

    Apr 8, 2022 · For example, AIM stands for AOL Instant Messenger, and AOL stands for American OnLine. This isn’t quite the same thing as a recursive acronym, which refers to itself. Maybe …

  5. "Good at" or "Good in" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Possible Duplicate: “At” vs. “in” before verb "He is good in painting" or "He is good at painting" — which one is correct?

  6. What is the difference between "practical" and "practicable"?

    Nov 13, 2015 · I use both the terms practical and practicable frequently, both in a social and professional environment, but I'd like to check the validity of my usage. To me it seems that …

  7. What verb is best used to remedy/fill/... a lack of something?

    Nov 23, 2021 · For example, in scientific articles you could see "The proposed methodology may be extensible to similar tools and tries to fill the lack of scientific studies in the validation and …

  8. What does "too on the nose" mean? - English Language & Usage …

    May 25, 2015 · What does "too on the nose" mean, especially as applied to art? I use the expression but struggle to explicitly articulate what I mean. My best attempt is that I use it to …

  9. translation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 24, 2023 · However, this sounds a little disfluent, so I might prefer something like: This technique is very powerful as it can be extended to several other questions This technique is …

  10. Word for the possibility of being many things at once

    Nov 20, 2016 · I'm searching for a term describing the possibility of an entity to be seen many different things at the same time. The general concept of being able to categorize an entity into …