— deployable , adj. — deployability , n. — deployment , n.
/di ploy"/ , v.t.
1. Mil. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
2. to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately: to deploy a battery of new missiles.
v.i.
3. to spread out strategically or in an extended front or line.
4. to come into a position ready for use: the plane can't land unless the landing gear deploys.
[ 1470-80; déployer, equiv. to dé- DIS- 1 + ployer to fold; see PLOY ]