portable

(pôr'tə-bəl, pōr'-)
adj.

1. Carried or moved with ease: a portable typewriter; a portable generator.
2. Capable of being transferred from one employer to another. Used of an employee benefit.
3. Computer Science. Relating to or being software that can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems.
4. Obsolete. Bearable; endurable.

n.
Something, such as a light or small typewriter, that can be carried or moved with ease.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin portābilis, from Latin portāre, to carry.]

portability por'ta·bil'i·ty or por'ta·ble·ness n.
portably por'ta·bly adv.

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adj

Definition: easily transported
Antonyms: clumsy, cumbersome

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Exposed to a mutable ownership through vicissitudes of possession.

    His light estate, if neither he did make it
    Nor yet its former guardian forsake it,
    Is portable improperly, I take it.
                                                        Worgum Slupsky

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IN BRIEF: Easily carried or moved from one place to another.

Books are a uniquely portable magic. — Stephen King

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Portable derives their catchy rock sound from the likes of Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, and the Smashing Pumpkins with the melodic flare of Fuel and Collective Soul. Together, Chance (vocals), Gus Ciceri (guitar), Brian Levy (drums), and Jeff Menke (bass) recorded their debut album Secret Life in Supertramp's old studio digs, Media Vortex, in Burbank, CA. The album was issued in mid-1999 and Portable's post-grunge stylings allowed the band's name to soar out West. Menke left the band by the new millennium and Sebastian Ciceri hopped on board in time for the band's sophomore effort. Only if You Look Up, which was released on TVT in 2002, plugged elements of space rock and dream pop. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi

(in molecular biology) describing DNA sequences that can be inserted into recombinant molecules for the purposes of gene expression; e.g. portable promoter, portable Shine-Dalgarno sequence, etc.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - transportabel, bærbar
n. - rejseskrivemaskine, transportabel radio

Nederlands (Dutch)
draagbaar, verplaatsbaar

Français (French)
adj. - (gén) portatif, portable, (Comput) portable
n. - portable

Deutsch (German)
n. - tragbares Gerät
adj. - tragbar, portabel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οτιδήποτε φορητό ή μεταφερόμενο, φορητός μικροϋπολογιστής
adj. - φορητός, (για προγράμματα Η/Υ) πολυσυμβατός

Italiano (Italian)
portatile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - portátil (m)
adj. - portátil

Русский (Russian)
портативный, переносной

Español (Spanish)
adj. - portátil
n. - ordenador portátil

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ngt som är flyttbart
adj. - bärbar, lös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可携带的, 可移动的, 可搬运的, 手提式制品, 手提式打字机

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可攜帶的, 可移動的, 可搬運的
n. - 手提式製品, 手提式打字機

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 들고 다닐 수 있는, 휴대용의
n. - 휴대용 기구, 휴대 가능함

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ポータブル
adj. - 持ち運びのできる, 携帯用の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قابل للحمل أو النقل (صفه) محمول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נייד, מיטלטל‬
n. - ‮מחשב נישא‬

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