- discriminability
- noun (plural -ties) Date: circa 1901 1. the quality of being discriminable 2. the ability to discriminate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
discriminability
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discriminability — dis·crim·i·na·bil·i·ty … English syllables
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