"traceability" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌtɹeɪsəˈbɪlɪti/ Forms: traceabilities [plural]
Etymology: trace + -ability, also analyzable as traceable + -ity. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|trace|-ability}} trace + -ability, {{affix|en|traceable|-ity}} traceable + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} traceability (countable and uncountable, plural traceabilities)
  1. The ability to trace (identify and measure) all the stages that led to a particular point in a process that consists of a chain of interrelated events Wikipedia link: traceability Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ability to trace a process): traçabilitat [feminine] (Catalan), sledovatelnost [feminine] (Czech), sporbarhed [common-gender] (Danish), traçabilité [feminine] (French), Nachvollziehbarkeit [feminine] (German), tracciabilità [feminine] (Italian), kebolehjejakan (Malay), sporbarhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rastreabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), trazabilidad [feminine] (Spanish), rastreabilidad [feminine] (Spanish), spårbarhet [common-gender] (Swedish)

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