Collatable

/kəˈleɪ.tə.bəl/ adjective

Definition

Capable of being collated or compared; suitable for arranging and comparing in order.

Etymology

From 'collate' + '-able' (Latin '-abilis', capable of). This adjective emerged in the 20th century as modern office vocabulary developed.

Kelly Says

The fact that we have specific words like 'collatable' shows how important document comparison became in business—it's bureaucratic language that sounds boring but represents the whole 20th-century obsession with organizing information systems.

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