controllable

control +‎ -able

controllable (comparative more controllable, superlative most controllable)

1. Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.
   • 1961, American Farm Economic Association, Journal of Farm Economics:

     For instance, such nonweather factors as insects, disease, errors of management, accidents, and other factors may not be considered controllable […]

   • 1961 Novermber, Voyageur, “The last of the Midland compounds”, in Trains Illustrated, page 675:

     A spring-loaded reducing valve, controllable from the cab, admitted h.p. steam to both h.p. and l.p. cylinders whenever necessary, as, for example, on starting; [...].

• uncontrollable

• control
• controllability
• controllableness
• controllably

controllable (plural controllables)

1. (business) Any factor that can be controlled.
   • 1976, Edward W. Cundiff, Richard Ralph Still, Norman A. P. Govoni, Fundamentals of Modern Marketing, page 131:

     The widest variety of marketing research studies focus on the influences of controllables—products, distribution, promotion, and price.

• “controllable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “controllable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.