detectability

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noun

The state of being detectable.

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Meanings

noundetectability (countable and uncountable, plural detectabilities)

plural detectabilities

  1. uncountableThe state of being detectable.

    These conditions are discussed under the subjects of controllability, stabilizability, reconstructability, and detectability in the literature on linear optimal control.

    2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 137
  2. countableThe extent to which something is detectable.

Origin

From detect + -ability.

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APA

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