Meanings
nounrepresentability (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being representable.
The first of these is concerned with the finite representability of belief sets.
2008 January 3, Sven Ove Hansson, “Specified Meet Contraction”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI, pages 31–54
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
- Proto-Italic*ezom~*som
- Old Latinesum
- Latinsum
- Latinpraesum
- Latinpraesens
- Latinpraesentāre
- Old Frenchpresenter
- Middle Englishpresenten
- Englishpresent
- Englishrepresent
- Englishrepresentability
From represent + -ability.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Romanian reprezentabilitate
- reprezentabilitatequality of being representable
Cite this entry
APA
representability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/representability
MLA
“representability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/representability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “representability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/representability.
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