REUSABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reusable mean? 

• REUSABLE (adjective)
  The adjective REUSABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being used again

  Familiarity information: REUSABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REUSABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being used again

Synonyms:

reclaimable; recyclable; reusable

Similar:

useful; utile (being of use or service)

 Context examples 

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a reusable circular compact package.

(Dialpack Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A reusable, "template" description of a possible outcome of an observation.

(Defined Observation Result, NCI Thesaurus)

A reusable template description of a sign, symptom, disease, or other medical occurrence.

(Defined Medical Condition Result, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

For example, in the case of the loss of a military or commercial satellite, the unmanned, reusable XS-1 could quickly be used to launch a replacement.

(Hypersonic Space Plane May Soon Be a Reality, VOA)

A reusable, "template" description of an allowable response to a stratification criterion.

(Defined Stratification Criterion Permissible Result, NCI Thesaurus)

A reusable, template description of any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, disease, or other medical occurrence with a temporal association with the use of a medical product, procedure or other therapy, or in conjunction with a research study, regardless of causal relationship.

(Defined Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An activity that frequently occurs in studies (e.g. more than one time in more than one arm) and therefore is called out as a reusable template in a global library of activities outside the context of any particular study, and may be used in the composition of a defined study subject activity group.

(Defined Study Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

SpaceX sent the rocket into space Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and landed the first-stage mechanism successfully on a barge in the Pacific Ocean, an important step in development of reusable rocket components.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)