"distinguishability" meaning in All languages combined

See distinguishability on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: distinguishabilities [plural]
Etymology: distinguish + -ability Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|distinguish|ability}} distinguish + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} distinguishability (usually uncountable, plural distinguishabilities)
  1. The state of being distinguishable. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: differentiability, discriminability, distinguishableness, distinguishness [nonstandard, proscribed, rare] Derived forms: distinguishable Translations (the state of being distinguishable): distinguabilité [feminine] (French), distinguibilità [feminine] (Italian), distingibilitate (Romanian), различимость (različimostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-distinguishability-en-noun-pbjMgHsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The problem is separated into two parts: proof of distinguishability of codewords by receiver, and that of indistinguishability of codewords by environment (privacy).",
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          "ref": "2008, Canadian Grain Commission, Kernel visual distinguishability in western Canadian wheat classes, 03-05",
          "text": "This visual characteristic is called kernel visual distinguishability, or KVD, and it is presently one of the requirements that must be met if a wheat variety is to be registered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for unrestricted registration, production and handling.",
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          "word": "distinguabilité"
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