understandability
- noun
- /ˌʌndərˌstændəˈbɪləti/
- Improving the understandability of complex topics is essential for effective communication.
Examples
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Four questions per assessment procedure centered around the (a) time required for administration, (b) effort required, (c) understandability to students, and (d) amount of time to record responses.
Academic text (2001) -
Criteria include: likeability, understandability, use of natural speech, repetition, level of interest, relevance, and positivity.
Academic text (2012) -
The interview questions were pilot tested with three people with monocular vision to check their clarity and understandability.
Academic text (2004) -
The effect of this consolidation will be to improve understandability, reduce burden, clarify requirements, and improve implementation and compliance.
Academic text (2001) -
The pilot test was conducted to evaluate the understandability of the SCQ and COAT scales, which had not previously been used with children of this age, and to test the clarity of the directions for completion of the questionnaire.
Academic text (2008) -
We use the weighted sum model (WSM) as expressed in Equation (1) for the selected criteria, where P is the accuracy of the algorithm, R is the number of rules, A is the number of attributes involved in the model, and U is the understandability of a model.
Academic text (2016) -
The understandability of the instructions made it easy for everyone to follow the guidelines.
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Teachers focus on the understandability of their lectures to ensure all students grasp the material.
Synonyms
Being easy to understand and not complicated
How easy text is to read and understand
The ease with which people understand speech or writing
How easy something is for people to understand
Being clear and easy to understand
How easy something is to understand
How easy something is to understand or use without help
The ease of reading and understanding writing or speech
How easy it is for people to understand how something works
The quality of being easy to understand or explain
Antonyms
How Understandable
Surface Forms
Morphology
understandability = understandable (transparent) = understand + able + ity
Regular noun formation from the adjective 'understandable' with the productive suffix '-ity' indicating a quality or state.
Etymology
The word understandability comes from the verb understand ('to know the meaning of something') plus the endings -able ('can be') and -ity ('a state or quality'). So, understandability is the 'state of being easy to understand'—how simple it is for someone to grasp an idea.