Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transportability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
trans-porta-bil-i-ty
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of equipment, devices, systems, and associated hardware that permits their being moved from one location to another to interconnect with locally available complementary equipment, devices, systems, associated hardware, or other complementary facilities.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The capability of materiel to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English transport Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English transportability From transport + -ability.

Usage

Inflected Forms

transportabilities (plural)

Questions

What does transportability mean?
The quality of equipment, devices, systems, and associated hardware that permits their being moved from one location to another to interconnect with locally available complementary equipment, devices, systems, associated hardware, or other complementary facilities.
Where does transportability come from?
Etymology tree English transport Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English transportability From transport + -ability.

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