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copiability

copiability noun: the quality of being copiable; ability to be copied.

Noun

copiability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being copiable; ability to be copied.
    • But, for business purposes, the process was impracticable on account of its non-copiability, while its manipulation was complicated and unsanitary, and the low sensitiveness of the plates required long exposure time.1913, “The Development of Portrait-Photography.”, in Bulletin of Photography, volume 13, page 521
    • Then you can tell what your signals sound like to the operator who must copy them. Speed needs to be held in check. "Copiability" is what we want. Repeats waste valuable time.1927, Francis Edward Handy, The Radio Amateur's Handbook, page 9

Forms of copiability

alternative formcopyability

Origin of copiability

From copy + -ability.

Questions about copiability

What does copiability mean?
Copiability means the quality of being copiable; ability to be copied.
What part of speech is copiability?
Copiability is a noun.

Words near copiability in the dictionary

  1. cophylines
  2. cophylogenetic
  3. cophylogenies
  4. cophylogeny
  5. copi
  6. copiability
  7. copiable
  8. Copiague
  9. Copiah County
  10. copiapite
  11. copiapites

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