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Meaning of "legibility" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LEGIBILITY

ˌledʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGIBILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legibility is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEGIBILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Legibility

Legibility is the degree to which glyphs in text are understandable or recognizable based on appearance. "The legibility of a typeface is related to the characteristics inherent in its design ... which relate to the ability to distinguish one letter from the other." Legibility includes factors such as "x-height, character shapes, stroke contrast, the size of its counters, serifs or lack thereof, and weight." Legibility is different from readability which refers to entire words, sentences, and paragraphs. Readability is influenced by line length, primary and secondary leading, justification, typestyle, kerning, tracking, point size, etc. In practical application some attributes cross over and affect both.

Definition of legibility in the English dictionary

The definition of legibility in the dictionary is the state or quality of being able to be read or deciphered.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGIBILITY

ability · accessibility · accountability · availability · capability · compatibility · disability · durability · eligibility · flexibility · inability · liability · mobility · nobility · possibility · probability · reliability · responsibility · stability · visibility

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGIBILITY

leghorn · legible · legibleness · legibly · legion · Legion of Honour · legionaries · legionary · legionary ant · legioned · legionella · legionellae · legionnaire · legionnaire´s disease · legislate · legislation · legislative · legislative assembly · legislative council · legislatively

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGIBILITY

agility · credibility · facility · feasibility · fertility · functionality · hostility · humility · inevitability · instability · merchantability · profitability · suitability · susceptibility · sustainability · tranquility · usability · utility · variability · versatility · vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of legibility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEGIBILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «legibility» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «legibility» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LEGIBILITY

Find out the translation of legibility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of legibility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legibility» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

可读性
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

legibilidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

legibility
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

स्पष्टता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضوح
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

разборчивость
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

legibilidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্পষ্টতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

lisibilité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keterbacaan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Lesbarkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

視認性
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

가독성
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Legenda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rỏ ràng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सुवाच्यता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

okunabilirlik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

leggibilità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

czytelności
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

розбірливість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

lizibilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναγνωσιμότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leesbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

läsbarhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lesbarhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legibility

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGIBILITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of legibility
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «legibility».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legibility

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGIBILITY»

Discover the use of legibility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legibility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reading Letters: Designing for Legibility
'Reading Letters' is an engaging compilation of knowledge from the design and scientific communities, supplemented by visual examples of legibility.
Sofie Beier, 2012
2
Surface and Depth : The Quest for Legibility in American ...
It seeks to recuperate a central tradition while simultaneously recognizing how much that tradition has occluded. The book focuses on the American zeal for knowing or making accessible.
Michael T. Gilmore Paul Proswinner Professor of American Literature Brandeis University, 2002
3
A Legibility Equation for Determining Ideal Viewing Areas in ...
The validated equation is then improved and used as the underlying algorithm for developing a computation-program-aided design method in MatLab.
Hongyi Cai, 2008
4
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Handwriting ...
The difference between males and females for total letter legibility within the Handwriting Without Tears program was not significant (U=8.0, p=.394). The difference between males and females for total letter legibility within the Loops and Other ...
Marianna McCormack, 2008
5
Large Parks
LEGIBILITY AND RESILIENCE JULIA CZERNIAK Large Matters Designing a " park for the twenty-first century" began at least by 1983, with the competition for La Villette in Paris. Almost twenty-five years later, this preoccupation continues in  ...
Julia Czerniak, George Hargreaves, 2007
6
The Cadastre and the Colony: Surveying, Territory, and ...
Through the medium of the surveyor and the cartographer, the colonial state sought to assay, divide, separate, and repurpose the land, and often came into conflict with competing spatial orders on the ground as well as local actors with ...
Lindsay Frederick Braun, 2008
7
Human Interface and the Management of Information: Symposium ...
Symposium on Human Interface 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009 ; Proceedings. Information and interaction Gavriel Salvendy, Michael J. Smith. Formalizing Design Guidelines of Legibility on ...
Gavriel Salvendy, Michael J. Smith, 2009
8
Visual Information For Everyday Use: Design And Research ...
The first two studies in Phase I were a laboratory experiment on daytime legibility distance and a survey of driver comprehension of all 85 symbols in the MUTCD. A number of additional measures (legibility distance under night and night-with- ...
Harms Zwaga, T. Boersema, H. Hoonhout, 2003
9
Handbook of Human Factors in Litigation
Restricted to black and white, the legibility of warnings is primarily a matter of letter size and letter contrast against some background. Other geometric characteristics of the letters, including height-to- width ratio, stroke width, and spacing ...
Y. Ian Noy, Waldemar Karwowski, 2004
10
The Effect of Font Design Characteristics on Font Legibility
In addition, the statistics on the common recognition errors of the eighteen fonts are studied.
Yan Zhang, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGIBILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legibility is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Boom Beach' Latest Full Map to Help Players Collect Resource …
It also brought forth extra animations and improved legibility, much to the delight of gamers who have practically made “Boom Beach” part of ... «Master Herald, Jul 15»
2
The 10 Strangest Recent UFO Sightings in the US - Top Secret Writers
Judging the distance, time, credibility of the writer and legibility of the report should be of the utmost importance. Originally, I attempted to make ... «Top Secret Writers, Jul 15»
3
Herald: Bringing a Upanisadic Moment in Goa
... we need to be ethically sensitive to the manner in which these recollections acquire legibility and can disrupt and dismember our society. «Oherald, Jul 15»
4
The Eyes Have It: Testing the Maurice Lacroix Pontos S › WatchTime …
When it comes to legibility, the results depend somewhat on your choice of color. The hands are good lengths, and the subdials are very easy ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
5
MTA: Expand transit service, add funding - The Tennessean
“Creating a network of frequent routes would dramatically increase the convenience and legibility of the system.” While downtown Nashville is ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
6
Review: In 'Biophony,' Ballet Matches Exotic Sound - The New York …
... the canonical example of George Balanchine's “Concerto Barocco,” set to the same score) inspires some structural complexity and legibility, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
LG webOS 2.0 Smart TV system review | TrustedReviews
... over the TV picture, and this layout still does a superb job of combining economy of screen real estate with legibility and user friendliness. «TrustedReviews, Jul 15»
8
Clampdown on supermarket promotions
The CMA also recommends that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes best practice guidelines on the legibility of ... «Forecourt Trader, Jul 15»
9
So last century, but touch-typing vital as handwritten tests go
... as “poor or slow typists'', many said handwriting “hurt their hands'' more than typing. Older students preferred typing, for speed and legibility. «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
Airtel Rising Stars Season 5 Rules & Regulations released
The rules among others cover the format of play, security, sponsorship, legibility of players and teams, financial provisions, officials, disciplinary ... «Kawowo Sports, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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