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essentiability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being essential; essentiality.
    • 1926, The American Photo-engraver - Volume 19, page 909:
      There is the absolute essentiability of collective action if we are to conserve the industry and temper this competition, which means the ruination of industry, if we are going to survive.
    • 1977, N. U. Jayawardena, An agenda for a just society, page 191:
      On the other hand, the manufacturer's turnover tax, which is levied only once at the manufacturing stage, can be fixed at a much higher and graded level, having regard to the essentiability of the commodity and its revenue potential.
    • 1993, Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger, Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, Two Volume Set, →ISBN, page 208:
      Further research on the essentiability of flavonoids as an essential food factor is needed.
    • 2006, Egyptian Journal of Physics - Volume 37, page 9:
      No evidence for essentiability of any of the rare earths for any organism appears to have been produced so far, although there are some well documented effects on physiological processes in both plants and animals.