1. preferable - Adjective
2. preferable - Adjective Satellite
Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme.
Source: Webster's dictionarycoffee is preferable to tea Source: Internet
Danny's preferred name is `Dan' Source: Internet
A challenge for the modern archaeologist is to consider whether in-situ preservation, or recovery and conservation on land is the preferable option; or to face the fact that preservation in any form, other than as an archaeological record is not feasible. Source: Internet
All very lovely, although many will retort that keeping the offices open with staff might have been preferable. Source: Internet
• A low melting point is preferable in order to avoid metastable, monotropic liquid crystalline phases. Source: Internet
Agarose is also harder than agar and may therefore be preferable where greater gel strength is necessary, and its lower gelling temperature may prevent causing thermal shock to the organism when the cells are suspended in liquid before gelling. Source: Internet