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Distinctness that makes perception easy
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legibility
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Word definitions for legibility in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. distinctness that makes perception easy [syn: discernability ] writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read [syn: readability ] [ant: illegibility ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Legibility \Leg`i*bil"i*ty\ (l[e^]j`[i^]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n. The quality of being legible; legibleness. --Sir. D. Brewster.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Legibility is the ease with which a reader can recognize individual characters in text . "The legibility of a typeface is related to the characteristics inherent in its design … which relate to the ability to distinguish one letter from the other." Aspects ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s; see legible + -ity .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being legible or easily readable.
Usage examples of legibility.
I was considering of the experiments to be made, in order to ascertain the composition of ancient inks, it occurred to me that perhaps one of the best methods of restoring legibility to decayed writing might be to join phlogisticated alkali with the remaining calx of iron, because, as the quantity of precipitate formed by these two substances very much exceeds that of the iron alone, the bulk of the colouring matter would thereby be greatly augmented.
Clearly Master Fandarel entertained no reservations about accepting the Aivas's offer to restore his Records to legibility.