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Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards
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acceptability
Word definitions for acceptability in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. 2 (context military English) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards [syn: acceptableness ] [ant: unacceptability ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from Late Latin acceptabilitas , from Latin acceptabilis "worthy of acceptance" (see acceptable ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acceptability \Ac*cept`a*bil"i*ty\, n. [LL. acceptabilitas.] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. ``Acceptability of repentance.'' --Jer. Taylor.
Usage examples of acceptability.
His acceptability to the Emperor Kalif and the College of Exarchs seemed a foregone conclusion, given the support of the Emeritus Kalif.
Finding a small number of Calabi-Yau shapes that, with our present, fairly coarse ability to determine detailed physical implications, appear to be well within the ballpark of acceptability is an extremely encouraging outcome.
Let's begin by comparing the acceptability of different inventions within the same society.
What it would be like trying to deal with Prior tomorrow morning when, on top of today's quarrel, he discovered that there was material scheduled about which he hadn't been consulted, and which hadn't even been comped for acceptability before it was put down, he hardly dared to think.