Meanings
plural transferabilities · alternative transferrability · alternative archaic transferribility
- countableuncountableThe ability of something to be transferred.
The transferability of his skills was truly startling; the confidence required to sell illegal documents was the same confidence required to sit in an office beneath a framed Harvard diploma and pretend he knew what he was doing until he learned the job.
2010, Emily St. John Mandel, The Singer’s Gun, Picador (2015), page 99 - countableuncountableThe capacity of goods to be transported (linked to their value versus bulk).
- countableuncountablechemistryThe invariance of properties associated with an atom (or fragment) present in a variety of molecules.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrāns-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latintrānsferō
- Englishtransfer
- Englishtransferability
Cite this entry
transferability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transferability
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