trafficabilityn.
/ˌtrafɪkəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌtræfɪkəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The quality or condition (of a place, terrain, etc.) of being suitable for the passage of traffic (whether on foot or by vehicle) or for sustaining traffic without degradation; the degree of this, esp. in relation to soil or ground conditions.
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society > travel > [noun] > ability to be travelled through or over
passablenessa1687
viability1882
trafficability1899
1899 Daily News 16 Nov. 4/5 A paper dealing with..London's treacherous ‘trafficability’ was read.
1944 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 34 205 A warfare of planes and tanks necessitates that the geographer knows the limiting effects of air conditions upon plane movements and of soils upon cross-country trafficability.
1965 U.S. Forest Service Res. Note LS-70 (U.S. Department Agriculture) Dec. 1/1 The presence of shallow water tables..keeps peatlands soft and reduces their trafficability.
1967 Physics Snow & Ice (Inst. Low Temp. Sci., Hokkaido Univ.) 994 To improve the traffickability of compacted snow, a pneumatic-tired roller is presently used to increase the strength in the top 6 inches (15 cm) of the processed-snow layer.
2019 Sunday News (Zimbabwe) (Nexis) 19 May Work on the ground points to a serious intention..to re-establish the trafficability of most of the country's roads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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