Intelligibility

Intelligibility
Intelligibility In*tel`li*gi*bil"i*ty, [Cf. F. intelligilibilit['e].] The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Intelligibility — may refer to:*Mutual intelligibility, in linguistics *Intelligibility (communication) *Intelligibility (philosophy) * Intelligible principle a way to interpret delegation in Administrative Law. ee also*Immaterialism, in philosophy …   Wikipedia

  • intelligibility — index coherence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • intelligibility — 1670s, from INTELLIGIBLE (Cf. intelligible) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Intelligibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Intelligibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intelligibility intelligibility Sgm: N 1 clearness clearness explicitness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 lucidity lucidity comprehensibility perspicuity Sgm: N 1 legibility legibi …   English dictionary for students

  • intelligibility — intelligible ► ADJECTIVE ▪ able to be understood. DERIVATIVES intelligibility noun intelligibly adverb. ORIGIN Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere understand …   English terms dictionary

  • intelligibility — noun the quality of language that is comprehensible • Ant: ↑unintelligibility • Derivationally related forms: ↑intelligible • Hypernyms: ↑comprehensibility, ↑understandability • Hyponyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • Intelligibility (communication) — Intelligibility is for voice communications, the capability of being understood the quality of language that is comprehensible language or thought.Intelligibility relates to clarity, explicitness, lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity,… …   Wikipedia

  • Intelligibility (philosophy) — In philosophy, intelligibility is what can be comprehended by the human mind.UsageThe objects or concepts that have intelligibility may be called intelligible.There may be a distinction between everything that is intelligible and everything that… …   Wikipedia

  • intelligibility — noun see intelligible …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • intelligibility — /in tel i jeuh bil i tee/, n., pl. intelligibilities for 2. 1. the quality or condition of being intelligible; capability of being understood. 2. something intelligible. [1600 10; INTELLIGIBLE + ITY] * * * …   Universalium

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