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rollability

rollability noun: the quality of being rollable.

Noun

rollability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being rollable.
    • Like Tees, Tyne and Healey Mills are semi-automatic in operation, in that the hump operator personally controls the secondary retarders, on which he selects one of six leaving speeds, based on his judgment of a cut's rollability and speed and the degree of siding occupation on its destined route.1963 September, “The new Tyne and Healey Mills yards of the North Eastern”, in Modern Railways, page 164

Origin of rollability

From roll + -ability.

Questions about rollability

What does rollability mean?
Rollability means the quality of being rollable.
What part of speech is rollability?
Rollability is a noun.

Words near rollability in the dictionary

  1. roll-up
  2. roll-ups
  3. roll-your-own
  4. roll-your-owns
  5. Rolla
  6. rollability
  7. rollable
  8. rollables
  9. rollaboard
  10. rollaboards
  11. rollabout

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