comparability
- noun
- /kəmˈpærəˌbɪlɪti/
- For research purposes, two criteria were added to ensure comparability between groups.
- ensure comparability
- enhance comparability
- degree of comparability
Examples
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For a fair evaluation, the comparability of test results across different schools must be ensured.
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The key conclusion that emerged from these studies is that comparability between nations is extremely difficult to achieve.
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In these circumstances, it hardly seems to matter that comparability is under threat.
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You also have comparability problems, and you have all sorts of other issues.
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Important environmental policy initiatives, like comparability of emissions standards, have been put off to another day.
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We addressed this possibility by creating an index of economic comparability for each decade.
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Also, efforts were made to survey the same schools across years, thereby enabling sample comparability.
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First, they should be valid and reliable so that the information derived has credibility and comparability.
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Temperature manipulations have mainly been focused only on warming, resulting in better comparability among studies.
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International standardized protocols are needed to enhance comparability and increase the usefulness of this promising tissue in biomonitoring studies.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
Being similar enough that you can judge how they differ
When two things can be measured by the same scale so you can compare them
Antonyms
How Comparable
Surface Forms
Morphology
comparability = comparable (transparent) = compare + able + ity
Standard formation by adding '-ity' to the adjective 'comparable'; the relation to 'compare' via 'comparable' is clear to learners.
Etymology
The word comparability comes from compare, built from parts com- meaning 'together' and par meaning 'equal', plus the ending -ability meaning 'can be'. So comparability is how much things are similar enough to be looked at 'together' and compared.