"usability" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌjuːzəˈbɪlɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-usability.wav [Southern-England] Forms: usabilities [plural]
Etymology: usable + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|usable|ity}} usable + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} usability (countable and uncountable, plural usabilities)
  1. The state or condition of being usable. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-usability-en-noun-YCj1cwKc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 60 40
  2. The degree to which an object, device, software application, etc. is easy to use with no specific training. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (degree to which an object or device is easy to use): използва́емост (izpolzváemost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 可用性 (ho² jung⁶ sing³) (Chinese Cantonese), 可用性 (kěyòngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), käytettävyys (Finnish), convivialité [feminine] (French), Benutzerfreundlichkeit [feminine] (German), Benutzbarkeit [feminine] (German), Nutzbarkeit [feminine] (German), Brauchbarkeit [feminine] (German), kebolehgunaan (Malay), usabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), utilizabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), folosibilitate [feminine] (Romanian), удо́бство испо́льзования (udóbstvo ispólʹzovanija) [neuter] (Russian), usabilidad [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (easiness of use in computing): използва́емост (izpolzváemost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), použitelnost [feminine] (Czech), bruikbaarheid (Dutch), käytettävyys (Finnish), ergonomie [feminine] (French), Benutzerfreundlichkeit [feminine] (German), kebolehgunaan (Malay), usabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), usabilidad [feminine] (Spanish), användbarhet [common-gender] (Swedish), användarvänlighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-usability-en-noun-zf~RNrS6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'degree to which an object or device is easy to use': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'easiness of use in computing': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: useability Derived forms: reusability Related terms: usable

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