indistinguishability
indistinguishability noun: the state of being indistinguishable.
Noun
indistinguishability (countable and uncountable, plural indistinguishabilities)
- The state of being indistinguishable.
- Supposing, for example, that in carrjing our eye along a log of wood, and a piece of stone^ we find the troublof moving the eye (which, though small, is perceptible) to be neither greater nor less in the one case than in the other, these two efforts will e then be indistinguishable to us ; and if...1872, The Quarterly Review, John Murray, pages 99-100
- At times Air Force and CAS efforts blended to the point of indistinguishability.1991, Earl H. Tilford Jnr, Setup: what the Air Force did in Vietnam and why
- Synonyms:
- indistinguishableness
- Antonyms:
- distinguishability
Synonyms of indistinguishability
Antonyms
Forms of indistinguishability
| plural | indistinguishabilities |
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Origin of indistinguishability
From in- + distinguishability or indistinguishable + -ity.
Questions about indistinguishability
- What does indistinguishability mean?
- Indistinguishability means the state of being indistinguishable.
- What part of speech is indistinguishability?
- Indistinguishability is a noun.
- What is the plural of indistinguishability?
- The plural of indistinguishability is indistinguishabilities.
Words near indistinguishability in the dictionary
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