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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

According to this criterion of comparability the reaction time to electric stimulation which is comparable with that to tactual is 172.1σ; and it is to be compared with 205.7σ.

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