traceability

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/ˌtɹeɪsəˈbɪlɪti/

noun

The ability to trace (identify and measure) all the stages that led to a particular point in a process that consists of a chain of interrelated events

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Meanings

nountraceability (countable and uncountable, plural traceabilities)

plural traceabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe ability to trace (identify and measure) all the stages that led to a particular point in a process that consists of a chain of interrelated events

Origin

From trace + -ability, also analyzable as traceable + -ity.

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Translations

Catalan traçabilitat
  • traçabilitatability to trace a process
Czech sledovatelnost
  • sledovatelnostability to trace a process
Danish sporbarhed
  • sporbarhedability to trace a process
French traçabilité
  • traçabilitéability to trace a process
German Nachvollziehbarkeit, Rückverfolgbarkeit
  • Nachvollziehbarkeitability to trace a process
  • Rückverfolgbarkeitability to trace a process
Italian tracciabilità
  • tracciabilitàability to trace a process
Malay kebolehjejakan
  • kebolehjejakanability to trace a process
Norwegian Bokmål sporbarhet
  • sporbarhetability to trace a process
Portuguese rastreabilidade
  • rastreabilidadeability to trace a process
Spanish trazabilidad, rastreabilidad
  • trazabilidadability to trace a process
  • rastreabilidadability to trace a process
Swedish spårbarhet
  • spårbarhetability to trace a process

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

reactabilitycreatability
Cite this entry
APA

traceability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traceability

MLA

“traceability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traceability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traceability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traceability.

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