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testability|tɛstəˈbɪlɪtɪ| [f. testable a.2 + -ity.] The quality or state of being testable (see testable a.2).
1936R. Carnap in Philos. of Sci. III. 421 An attempt will be made to formulate the principle of empiricism in a more exact way, by stating a requirement of confirmability or testability as a criterion of meaning. 1945[see confirmability]. 1952C. G. Hempel Fund. of Concept Formation in Empirical Sci. 43 Just another formulation of the empiricist requirements of testability. 1968K. R. Popper Conjectures & Refutations (ed. 3) i. 37 The criterion of the scientific status of a theory is its falsifiability, or refutability, or testability. 1981Word 1980 XXXI. 151 It is only in this way that the model can attain a high degree of testability. |