Expressibility

/ɪkˌsprɛsəˈbɪləti/ noun

Definition

The quality or capacity of being able to be expressed or communicated.

Etymology

From 'expressible' plus the suffix '-ity' (quality of being). Traces back to Latin 'exprimere' through multiple English formations.

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The expressibility of mathematics is one of history's deepest mysteries—why can we describe the universe using abstract symbols? Physicists still puzzle over why math 'works' so perfectly.

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