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Princeton's WordNet

  1. readabilitynoun

    the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand

  2. legibility, readabilitynoun

    a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read

Wiktionary

  1. readabilitynoun

    The property of being capable of being read; legibility.

  2. readabilitynoun

    The property of being easy or engaging to read.

    The book lacked readability. Even reading each sentence three times didn't make its intent clear.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Readabilitynoun

    the state of being readable; readableness

Wikidata

  1. Readability

    Readability is the ease in which text can be read and understood. Various factors to measure readability have been used, such as "speed of perception," "perceptibility at a distance," "perceptibility in peripheral vision," "visibility," "the reflex blink technique," "rate of work", "eye movements," and "fatigue in reading." Readability is distinguished from legibility which is a measure of how easily individual letters or characters can be distinguished from each other. Readability can determine the ease in which computer program code can be read by humans, such as through embedded documentation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of readability in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of readability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of readability in a Sentence

  1. Sarah Lewthwaite:

    Typeface is important to readability, which is how easy your text is to read.

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