repeatability

English

Etymology

repeat +‎ -ability

Noun

repeatability (countable and uncountable, plural repeatabilities)

1. The property or quality of being repeatable.
   1. The absence of variation amongst multiple measurements taken under the same conditions.

      Coordinate terms: precision, accuracy

   2. The degree to which a machine can move its parts to the same position (location) repeatedly, which is closely (and mathematically) related to its precision and accuracy.

      Coordinate terms: precision, accuracy

Related terms

• replicability (broadly synonymous in reference to repeatability of experiments, although sometimes differentiated in technical subsenses)
• reproducibility (broadly synonymous in reference to repeatability of experiments, although sometimes differentiated in technical subsenses)
• replication
• replication crisis

Translations

property or quality

• Finnish: toistettavuus (fi)

lack of variation

• Finnish: toistettavuus (fi)