rangeability

plural rangeabilities

1. countableuncountableA measure of the range of signal values over which a particular mechanical device is reliable.

   How low the plant can be turned down depends upon the rangeability of the flow meters, control valves, and VSDs.

   2014, Gregory K. McMillan, Tuning and Control Loop Performance, Fourth Edition

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   When less scrupulous firms try to pull the wool over the eyes of a consumer, they usually resort to describing the transducer in terms of rangeability. The rangeability is meant to be an indication of some range of signal values over which the device is useful.

   1998, Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac, Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators, page 301

   Rangeability basically assesses the ability of a given measurement device to be applied to a variety of applications.

   2011, Cecil L. Smith, Basic Process Measurements