wearable
Americanadjective
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capable of being worn; appropriate, suitable, or ready for wearing.
old shoes that are still wearable.
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Digital Technology. relating to or noting a computer or advanced electronic device that is incorporated into an accessory worn on the body or an item of clothing.
wearable gadgets embedded in fabric;
a wearable heart-rate sensor.
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- unwearable adjective
- wearability noun
Etymology
Origin of wearable
Example Sentences
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It said roughly 800 million of its mobile devices—including smartphones, tablets, wearables and laptops—would be AI-enabled by the end of this year.
As a result, newer, more subtle technologies for monitoring—in-home radar instead of cameras, wearables that provide other benefits and only trigger alerts when there’s a real emergency—are gaining in popularity.
Going from a bulky commercial hydrogen sensor to a smart device about the size of a stack of three nickels was a technical challenge like that of any consumer-health wearable.
"Behind these numbers lie investments in wearables, sophisticated video analysis tools, and Internet of Things devices," he added.
From Barron's
Other technologies that function as extensions of the body, including supernumerary robotic limbs, exoskeletons, and wearable robots, could also benefit from movement that mirrors natural human rhythm.
From Science Daily
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