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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality or degree of being scannable. uncountable

   "the scannability of a bar code"

2. 2
   The quality or degree of being scannable.; The ease with which a particular body of text can be read and understood by the target reader, especially at scanning or skimming speed; readability, especially regarding scanning. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

skimmability

Etymology

From scan + -ability.

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