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Definition: Comparability |
ComparabilityNoun1. Qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | The value below which the absolute difference between two single test results obtained under different conditions(different operators, different apparatus and/or different laboratories and/or different time)may be expected to lie within a specified probability. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ComparabilitySynonyms: compare (n), comparison (n), equivalence (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Comparability |
| Specialty definitions using "comparability": reduced design ♦ UNSC. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Although it is possible that they can be used for other conditions interchangeably, the comparability of the various preparations of IVIG for these purposes has not been documented. (references) | |
Business | In order to maintain comparability over time and across companies and countries, vertical analysis is used. (references) | |
Economic History | Moldova | Moldova has adopted most of the needed national standards which are in compliance with the IAS, although some issues regarding comparability of national and international accounting standards remain. (references) |
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| "Comparability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Comparability" is used about 109 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 109 | 31,132 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "comparability": non-comparability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
comparability new | 11 |
comparability new plan | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "comparability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可"性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sammenlignelighed (comparability of data), reproducerbarhed (reproducibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vergelijkbaarheid (comparability of data), reproduceerbaarheid (reliability, reproducibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | uusittavuus (reproducibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | comparabilité (comparability of data), reproductibilité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vergleichbarkeit (comparability of data, reproducibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναπαραγωγικότητα (reproductiveness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | összehasonlíthatóság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | comparabilit (comparability of data). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omparabilitycay comparação (balance, comparison, parallel, proportion, simile), reprodutibilidade (reproducibility). (various references) сравнимость. (various references) comparación (comparison, epithet), reproducibilidad (reproducibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "comparability": incomparability, noncomparability. (additional references) | |
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"Comparability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: compatabiility, compatability. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "comparability" (pronounced kÄ'mperubi"lutē) |
| 8 | -er u b i" l u t ē | durability, invulnerability, maneuverability, transferability, vulnerability. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, marketability, miscibility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, sensibility, stability, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility. |
| 6 | -b i" l u t ē | immobility, mobility, nobility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-l-m-o-p-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: bipolarity, capability, comparably, compatibly, impartibly, parabiotic, procambial. | |
-4 letters: amblyopia, amblyopic, amorality, arability, impartial, microbial, parabolic, paralytic, pictorial, piratical, placatory, primality, primatial, procambia. | |
-5 letters: acromial, alacrity, amicably, aromatic, atomical, atypical, biolytic, biotical, biotypic, biracial, braciola, calamity, calyptra, carbamyl, comitial, iatrical, impactor, imparity, impolicy, limitary, lipomata, maiolica, marlitic, military, mobility, molarity, morality, picloram, pitiably, polarity. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-l-m-o-p-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: incomparability. | |
+3 letters: noncomparability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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