removability
|re-mov-a-bil-i-ty|
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/rɪˌmuːvəˈbɪləti/
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/rɪˌmuːvəˈbɪlɪti/
capacity to be taken away
Etymology
'removability' originates from English formation on 'removable' + the noun suffix '-ity', ultimately from Latin 'removēre,' where 're-' meant 'back/again' and 'movēre' meant 'to move.'
'removēre' transformed through Old French/Anglo-Norman forms like 'removoir/remuver' into Middle English 'remouven/remove.' The adjective 'removable' arose in English, and adding '-ity' produced the modern noun 'removability.'
Initially, the Latin root meant 'to move back/away,' which developed in English into 'to take away.' From this, 'removable' described what can be taken away, and 'removability' came to mean the quality of being capable of removal.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the quality or state of being capable of being removed, detached, or taken away (of a part, component, stain, etc.).
The removability of the battery makes repairs easier and cheaper.
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Noun 2
in law or employment, the susceptibility of a person or office to dismissal or being removed from position.
Scholars debated the removability of the special counsel under the statute.
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in mathematics or technical contexts, the property that a defect or singularity can be eliminated without altering the essential nature of the function or object.
We establish the removability of the singularity at the origin for this harmonic function.
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