renewableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹɪˈnjuː.ə.bl̩/
• (General American) IPA: /ɹɪˈnu.ə.bl̩/

形容詞

renewable (comparative more renewable, superlative most renewable)

1. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.

   Antonym: non-renewable

   • 2023 January 19, Kris Crismundo, “RE-powered e-vehicle charging hubs eyed”, in Philippine News Agency‎:

     Under the pilot project, the private sector will supply, install, operate and maintain e-vehicle charging stations; monitor and verify the energy efficiency, performance and savings in using renewable energy; and optimize the use of clean energy.

2. (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.

派生語

名詞

renewable (plural renewables)

1. A thing that is renewable
   1. A renewable resource or source of energy.
      • 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in The New York Times‎:

        Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.

   2. 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 scrap

      • 1953, Electrical World:

        Here is a newly designed All-Purpose Superfuse. Use it wherever you need One-Times, Renewables or Dual Element fuses.