copiability

English

Etymology

copy +‎ -ability

Noun

copiability (uncountable)

1. The quality of being copiable; ability to be copied.
   • 1913, “The Development of Portrait-Photography.”, in Bulletin of Photography‎^[1], volume 13, page 521:

     But, for business purposes, the process was impracticable on account of its non-copiability, while its manipulation was complicated and unsanitary, and the low sensitiveness of the plates required long exposure time.

   • 1927, Francis Edward Handy, The Radio Amateur's Handbook, page 9:

     Then you can tell what your signals sound like to the operator who must copy them. Speed needs to be held in check. "Copiability" is what we want. Repeats waste valuable time.

   • 2003, Carina Jahani, The Baloch and their neighbours:

     The copiability of a particular structure into another code is determined in part by the prestige of the model code and in part by 'attractive' structural properties" (Johanson 1999:60).