comparabilityn.
/ˌkɒmpərəˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being comparable.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > capacity for comparison
comparison1340
comparation1483
compare1589
commensurablenessa1676
commensurability1841–4
comparability1843
1843 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 19 The superiority in convenience and comparability, of the method of deviations, over that of torsion.
1882 Nature 27 July 294/2 The comparability of the observations.
1934 Planning 2 xxxi. 3 Most statistics and surveys need..thorough co-ordination and standardisation in order to secure their accuracy and comparability.
1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. i. 21 The claims of uniformity and comparability seemed to prevail over those of up-to-dateness.
1960 Guardian 25 June 4/1 The Guillebaud Report accepted..that railway rates should be in line with those in ‘comparable’ industries... Railwaymen will naturally feel that the principle of ‘comparability’ should be applied again.
1961 Guardian 6 Nov. 16/1 Comparability—the principle of fixing the wages of public employees by reference to those of people who do similar work in private industry.
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