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investigability

investigability noun: the state or condition of being capable of being investigated.

Noun

investigability (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being capable of being investigated.
    • Even in the most scientific science, mathematics, striking examples can be found. . . . It is obviously unnecessary to give examples from the social sciences or from the arts, although these would be even more striking and numerous, for in these fields one must count on a much slighter degree of...1941, Stefan T. Possony, “Rational Planning for War”, in Military Affairs, volume 5, number 4, page 226
    • Let us suppose the existence of three concentric circles. . . . The partition is meant to indicate degrees of scientific investigability.2003, Allardyce Nicoll, Shakespeare Survey, Cambridge Univ. Press, →ISBN, page 108

Origin of investigability

From investigate + -ability.

Questions about investigability

What does investigability mean?
Investigability means the state or condition of being capable of being investigated.
What part of speech is investigability?
Investigability is a noun.

Words near investigability in the dictionary

  1. investest
  2. investeth
  3. investibility
  4. investible
  5. investient
  6. investigability
  7. investigable
  8. investigatable
  9. investigate
  10. investigated
  11. investigates

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