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replaceability

replaceability

6.7
How easy it is to swap one thing for another
  • noun
  • /rɪˈpleɪsəˌbɪlɪti/
translation icon : reemplazabilidad
  • Companies often face challenges when managing the replaceability of their products in a competitive market.

And all of this culminates into the sense of replaceability.

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Examples

  • Thus, their motivation to inculcate a worthless mentality within the population of "expendability and replaceability."

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  • And while the belief is often fostered in these relationships of replaceability, we can get pulled into the sense of our own replaceability.

  • In the business world, employee replaceability can affect job security and morale.

  • The design of this product emphasizes replaceability, allowing users to easily swap out parts.

Synonyms

exchangeability
vsreplaceability
1 7.5

Can be replaced by something with the same value or use

is the more general ability to be swapped even if equality is not present
interchangeability
vsreplaceability
1 7.4

The ability of one thing to be replaced by another without losing use or value

is about being able to be swapped even if function or value differ
substitutability
vsreplaceability
9.4

The ability to use one thing instead of another without much change in function

is the general capacity to be swapped for something else even if function changes
interchangeableness
vsreplaceability
8.4

The fact that one thing can be used in place of another

is the basic ability to be taken over by something or someone else
commutability
vsreplaceability
9.4

A quality that lets one thing be replaced by another

is focused only on being able to be taken over by another thing or person

Antonyms

Cannot be replaced because it is one of a kind or very important

How Disposable

replaceability
6.7
reusability
1 4.3
durability
22 3.8
permanence
15 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

replaceability = replaceable (semi-transparent) = re + place + able + ity

This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'replaceable' meaning the state or quality of being replaceable.

Etymology

Replaceability comes from re- 'again' and place 'to put', and it has the same idea as the common word replace. So replaceability means the ability to be 'put again' or 'swapped for something else', which is why we use it for parts or people who can be replaced.