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Definitions: Legibility |
LegibilityNoun1. Distinctness that makes perception easy. 2. Writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "legibility" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Image quality of a character depending on character shape, spacing, size and colour. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | The most important principle of all is to select type faces on the basis of their --. Type is meant to communicate, and the more legible it is, the clearer and faster will be the communication. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: LegibilitySynonyms: discernability (n), readability (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: illegibility (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intelligibility | Noun: intelligibility; clearness, explicitness; Adjective: lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity; legibility, plain speaking; (manifestation); precision; gr/phonanta synetoisy/gr a word to the wise. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Legibility |
| Specialty definitions using "legibility": character legibility ♦ display legibility ♦ nib adjuster ♦ SCRIBING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SUGGESTION CLERK ♦ to decompact a picture, to decompress a picture. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Checks "V-Mail" microfilmed letters for legibility, using a film viewer, before the films are sent on the the war zone in the south Pacific. Photographed at the "V-Mail" Division, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, 13 June 1945.Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Legibility" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Legibility" is used about 25 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% | 25 | 69,787 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "legibility": character legibility ♦ display legibility. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
legibility | 2 |
legibility sign study | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "legibility"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lexueshmëri (readability), qartësi leximi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الوضوح (clearness, explicitness, fairness, patency, pointedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | четливост (neatness, readability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "读 (legible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èitelnost (readability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tegnlaesbarhed (character legibility, display legibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | leesbaarheid (character legibility, display legibility, readability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خوانابودن , خواناءی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | havaittavuus (character legibility, display legibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lisibilité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | lesbarkeit (readability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθαρό γράψιμο, αναγνώσιμο, αναγνωσιμότητα προβολής χαρακτήρων (character legibility, display legibility), αναγνωσιμότητα χαρακτήρων (character legibility, display legibility), αναγνωσιμότητα εμφάνισης χαρακτήρων (character legibility, display legibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קריאות (readability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | olvashatóság (readability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | leggibilit (readability), leggibilita del carattere (character legibility, display legibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 読みやすさ (ease of reading), 可読性 (readability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かどくせい (readability), よみやすさ (ease of reading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhaihaght (bookishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egibilitylay de pernas tortas (bandy-legged). (various references) lizibilitate. (various references) четкость (clearness). (various references) čitljivost (readability), čitkost. (various references) legibilidad (readability). (various references) läslighet (readability), läsbarhet (character legibility, display legibility, readability). (various references) ลักษ"ะที่อ่านออกง่าย. (various references) okunaklılık, okunabilirlik. (various references) зьmhцreklik (scrupulousness). (various references) розбірливість (nicety), чіткість (clearness, conciseness, concision, definition, neatness, nicety, readability, sharpness), виразність (audibility, clearness, conciseness, concision, definition, distinctiveness, emphasis, explicitness, expression, orotundity). (various references) tính rõ r ng (evidence, explicitness, indubitability, indubitableness, lucidity, mainifestness, tangibility, unmistakableness), tính dễ đọc dễ xem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "legibility": illegibility. (additional references) | |
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"Legibility" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elegibility, legability. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "legibility" (pronounced le'jubi"lutē) |
| 8 | -j u b i" l u t ē | eligibility. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, durability, electability, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, sensibility, stability, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability. |
| 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. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-i-i-i-l-l-t-y" | |
-2 letters: eligibly. | |
-3 letters: legibly. | |
-4 letters: billet, billie, giblet, gillie, glibly, illite. | |
-5 letters: beigy, belly, bigly, bilge, bilgy, billy, blite, gilly, legit, libel, telly. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-i-i-i-l-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: eligibility. | |
+2 letters: illegibility, intelligibly. | |
+3 letters: ineligibility, negligibility, reeligibility. | |
+4 letters: unintelligibly. | |
+5 letters: intelligibility. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 67 69 62 69 6C 69 74 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . --. .. -... .. .-.. .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100111 01101001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e g i b i l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0067 0069 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46717375687578758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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