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transferability

transferability noun: the ability of something to be transferred.

Noun

transferability (countable and uncountable, plural transferabilities)

  1. The ability of something to be transferred.
    • The transferability of his skills was truly startling; the confidence required to sell illegal documents was the same confidence required to sit in an office beneath a framed Harvard diploma and pretend he knew what he was doing until he learned the job.2010, Emily St. John Mandel, The Singer’s Gun, Picador (2015), page 99
  2. The capacity of goods to be transported (linked to their value versus bulk).
  3. The invariance of properties associated with an atom (or fragment) present in a variety of molecules.

Forms of transferability

pluraltransferabilities
alternative formtransferrability
alternative form (archaic)transferribility

Origin of transferability

From transfer + -ability.

Words formed from transferability

Questions about transferability

What does transferability mean?
Transferability means the ability of something to be transferred.
What part of speech is transferability?
Transferability is a noun.
What is the plural of transferability?
The plural of transferability is transferabilities.

Words near transferability in the dictionary

  1. transfer test
  2. transfer tests
  3. transfer window
  4. transfer windows
  5. transferabilities
  6. transferability
  7. transferable
  8. transferable skill
  9. transferable skills
  10. transferableness
  11. transferably

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