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testability

testability

1 6.3
How easy it is to check something like a theory or product
  • noun
  • /ˌtɛstəˈbɪlɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : testabilidad
  • Design for testability can affect the spatial layout of components and, therefore, the minimum packaging volume.
  • performance and testability

Examples

  • Point out the testability and reliability of the scientific method and show them how it works.

    Blog text (2)
  • Testability: better explanations render specific predictions that can be falsified or corroborated.

    Blog text (2)
  • Truth in a self is dependent upon its testability.

    Academic text (1992)
  • These techniques, combined with robust circuit design and thorough design for testability, have contributed to the dramatic performance improvements seen in the last two years.

    Academic text (1999)
  • He requires that the new technology must have a relative advantage, compatibility with current technology, limited complexity, testability, and be observable, among other things.

    Blog text (19)
  • But note that the quality criteria (correctness, testability, etc.) are only meaningful with respect to a particular operation or set of operations to be performed by the program.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The IBM ASIC design methodology builds upon years of experience within IBM in developing design flows that optimize performance, testability, chip density, and time to market for internal products.

    Academic text (1996)
  • This paper describes the IBM ASIC design methodology, and then focuses on the key areas of the methodology that enable a customer to exploit the technology in terms of performance, density, and testability, all in a fast-time-to-market ASIC paradigm.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Sign-off (final approval) for fabrication of an IBM ASIC is based on attaining high-coverage testability through full-scan design and timing verification using static timing analysis.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The researchers focused on the testability of their hypothesis by conducting various experiments.

Synonyms

falsifiability
vstestability
  • Formal
1 8.3

A statement or idea that evidence can show is false

measures ability to be evaluated rather than only being disprovable
verifiability
vstestability
  • Specialized
1 7.6

Ability to check and show that something is true

focuses on ability to be evaluated or examined by experiment
confirmability
vstestability
  • Specialized
7.7

How easily something can be shown to be true

covers evaluation by experiment or observation beyond mere confirmation
ascertainability
vstestability
8.9

How easy it is to find out or know something

is about being evaluated experimentally or by observation rather than just found

How Testable

verifiability
  • Specialized
1 7.6
confirmability
  • Specialized
7.7
testability
  • Specialized
1 6.3
untestable
2 6.1

Surface Forms

testability singular
testabilities plural

Morphology

testability = testable (transparent) = test + able + ity

The word is formed regularly from 'testable' plus '-ity', and its meaning is directly recoverable from the base.

Etymology

Testability comes from the simple word test meaning 'to try or check', plus -able meaning 'able to' and -ity meaning 'the state of'. So testability is the 'state of being able to be tested', which is why it is important in science and engineering when people need to check ideas or find problems.