Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

scalability

British  
/ ˌskeɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the ability of something, esp a computer system, to adapt to increased demands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A serious and secure industrial base requires domestic capacity not only for finished goods, but for all the materials, tooling and process know-how that determine cost, resilience and scalability.

From The Wall Street Journal

You often hear that short stories make the best movies, as if the notion is to take something compact and widen it with cinema’s scalability.

From Los Angeles Times

As the amount of data continues to grow, conventional digital hardware such as GPUs faces increasing strain in speed, energy use, and scalability.

From Science Daily

Most solutions are experimental and have limitations, from cost to range, scalability and reliability.

From The Wall Street Journal

It can capture both genomic variations and RNA within the same cell, offering greater accuracy and scalability than earlier technologies.

From Science Daily