Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Developable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Developable \De*vel"op*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being developed. --J. Peile.
{Developable surface} (Math.), a surface described by a
moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of
the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can
be developed into a plane.
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