transportability
- noun
- /trænspɔːrˈtæbɪlɪti/
- The transportability of the new camping gear makes it easy to take on trips.
Examples
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The portable GPS tracker is great for transportability and compactness.
Blog text (9) -
Transportability is also an important consideration.
Academic text (2001) -
Although particular song selections are very important to the teenager, the guitar itself is the primary attraction with its associations of transportability, communality, rebelliousness, and freedom.
Academic text (1996) -
For many companies, the transportability of their products is crucial for meeting customer demands.
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This chair's design prioritizes transportability, allowing it to be easily moved from one room to another.
Synonyms
Being able to move or change position easily
How easy something is to carry or move
How easy it is to pick up or put in a different place
The ability of something to be picked up and placed somewhere else
Antonyms
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
transportability = transportable (transparent) = transport + able + ity
Formed by adding '-ity' to 'transportable', which itself is 'transport' + '-able'; the meaning follows regular English derivation.
Etymology
The word transportability comes from the parts trans- 'across' and portare 'to carry', the same root you see in portable 'easy to carry'. So, transportability is the quality of being easy to move from one place to another.