wearable

Etymology

wear + -able

adj

1. Able to be worn.

noun

1. Something that can be worn; an item of clothing.
2. (computing) Ellipsis of wearable computer (“small computer which can be worn on the body”).
   With the advantage of being glanceable, wearables are already making inroads into the smartphone’s territory. Smart watches, for example, offer quick and light interactions such as providing real-time snapshots of weather, travel and stock market information and notifying the wearer of new messages through a vibration on the skin. 2015-02-10, Mark Curtis, “Wearables, hearables and nearables won't dethrone smartphones”, in The Guardian