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Etymology

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survey +‎ -ability

Noun

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surveyability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being surveyable.
    • 2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:
      The fourth topic, induction, touches upon the alleged experimental and other non-deductive dimensions to mathematical activity, involving such techniques as the brute manipulation of numbers, probability arguments, or visual proofs, and putting to the test the epistemic principles of surveyability and understanding.