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comparability

  • a word derived from comparable.
    comparable
    adjective
    capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison.

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To ensure comparability with the UK, European countries with populations under one million are excluded from per-capita comparisons of net migration and asylum applications.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Kelly added that a lack of comparability around tools such as renewable-energy certificates, carbon credits and sustainable aviation fuel purchases helped spur development of these frameworks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025

The challenge was to balance the enhanced measurement capabilities of newer sensors with the need for consistency and comparability across time, he noted.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

The IMF recognized that "greater clarity on the different steps and timelines" is vital, as well as clear mechanisms to enforce the comparability of treatment.

From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023

Since the change was made in both the verb and the movement series their comparability with each other is not interfered with, and this is the point at issue.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg