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renewable

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Etymology

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renew +‎ -able

Adjective

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renewable (comparative more renewable, superlative most renewable)

  1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
    Antonym: non-renewable
  2. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.
    Antonym: non-renewable
    renewable resource
    renewable energy
    renewable sources of energy
    Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.

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Noun

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renewable (plural renewables)

  1. A thing that is renewable.(Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  2. A renewable resource or source of energy.
  3. A renewable fuse; a fuse which can be opened in order to replace the element.
    • 1920, Textile World:
      You'll find the link can be removed from a "Union" Renewable and replaced before most fuses can be taken apart.
    • 1923, Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers, Association of Iron & Steel Electrical Engineers Monthly ...: Devoted to the Advancement of the Application of Electricity to the Iron and Steel and Allied Industries ...:
      It is a pretty safe bet that he can show you where you are using fuses of the wrong type (renewables for non-renewables and vice versa ) -or where fuses that ought to be good for twenty or more renewals are ready for the the scrap
    • 1953, Electrical World:
      Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses.

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