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nontraversability

nontraversability noun: the condition of being nontraversable.

Noun

nontraversability (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being nontraversable.
    • In this research we investigated perception of traversability in infants making independent trips in an unfamiliar environment. The overall plan was to put young ambulatory infants in a novel situation where surfaces varying in properties defining traversability or nontraversability stretched...1994, E. J. Gibson, G. Riccio, M. A. Schmuckler, T. A. Stoffregen, D. Rosenberg, J. Taormina, “Detection of the traversability of surfaces by crawling and walking infants”, in Eleanor J. Gibson...
    Antonyms:
    traversability

Synonyms of nontraversability

Antonyms

Origin of nontraversability

By surface analysis, non- + traverse + -ability, or, by surface analysis, nontraversable + -ity.

Questions about nontraversability

What does nontraversability mean?
Nontraversability means the condition of being nontraversable.
What part of speech is nontraversability?
Nontraversability is a noun.

Words near nontraversability in the dictionary

  1. nontraumatized
  2. nontravel
  3. nontraveler
  4. nontravelers
  5. nontraveling
  6. nontraversability
  7. nontraversable
  8. nontraversing
  9. nontreasonable
  10. nontreasonous
  11. nontreasure

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