exhaustibilityn.
/ɛɡˌzɔːstɪˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being exhaustible; capability of being exhausted.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > using up completely > quality or capability of being exhausted
exhaustibility1836
1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 349 His extractive power was such, that it never admitted the exhaustibility of a subject.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks x. 367 The question of the exhaustibility of our coal-fields is highly complicated.
1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Exhaustibility, Benedict's term for the condition where the electro-muscular contractility diminishes greatly after a short application.
1889 W. L. Courtney Life J. S. Mill i. 25 The possible exhaustibility of musical combinations.
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