Formulatable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being expressed or conceived in a systematic or formulaic manner; able to be developed or crafted into a clear plan or procedure; possessing the potential for being articulated through established rules or guidelines
2. Having the quality that allows an idea or solution to be systematically devised or constructed; fit for embodying in a set framework or method; suitable for arrangement into a precise structure or formula
3. Susceptible to being clearly defined or constructed using a specific sequence of steps or principles; capable of being organized into a formal expression or statement; adaptable to representation in a concise, rule-based form

Etymology: "Formulatable" is simply "formulate" with the suffix "-able" attached, meaning capable of being formulated. The base verb "formulate" comes from Latin "formulare", to shape or draw up, which itself grows from "forma", form or shape. So the word's core idea is that something has a form that can be given to it. The suffix "-able" comes from Latin "-abilis", meaning able to be or worthy of being. Attaching it to "formulate" yields a word for ideas, problems or solutions that can be shaped into a precise structure, rule or method. A plan that can be reduced to steps, or a question that can be stated as an equation, is formulatable.

Synonyms: expressible, articulable, stateable, definable, representable

Antonyms: inexpressible, undefinable, unarticulable, indescribable, unrepresentable