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- adjective Capable of being
throttled .
Etymologies
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throttle + -able
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Examples
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And now we no longer have the world's first man-rated non-throttleable first stage.
ULA Briefings Show that EELVS Can Replace Ares 1 - NASA Watch 2008
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Raytheon's next-generation SM-3 Block IB will incorporate a throttleable divert and attitude control system and guidance and sensor upgrades to improve performance while maintaining the reliability of the Block IA.
Japan Achieves Third Ballistic Missile Intercept Using Raytheon Standard Missile-3 - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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