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My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.
Bram Cohen

Meaning of "maintainability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAINTAINABILITY

maintainability  [meɪnˌteɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAINTAINABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maintainability 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 MAINTAINABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maintainability

In engineering, maintainability is the ease with which a product can be maintained in order to: ▪ isolate defects or their cause, ▪ correct defects or their cause, ▪ repair or replace faulty or worn-out components without having to replace still-working parts, ▪ prevent unexpected breakdowns, ▪ maximize a product's useful life, ▪ maximize efficiency, reliability, and safety, ▪ meet new requirements, ▪ make future maintenance easier, or ▪ cope with a changed environment. In some cases, maintainability involves a system of continuous improvement - learning from the past in order to improve the ability to maintain systems, or improve reliability of systems based on maintenance experience. In telecommunication and several other engineering fields, the term maintainability has the following meanings: ▪ A characteristic of design and installation, expressed as the probability that an item will be retained in or restored to a specified condition within a given period of time, when the maintenance is performed in accordance with prescribed procedures and resources.

Definition of maintainability in the English dictionary

The definition of maintainability in the dictionary is the facility with which something can be maintained.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAINTAINABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAINTAINABILITY

mainstream
mainstream corporation tax
mainstreaming
mainstreeting
maintain
maintainable
maintained school
maintainer
maintenance
maintenance allowance
maintenance contract
maintenance costs
maintenance crew
maintenance grant
maintenance man
maintenance men
maintenance order
Maintenon
maintop
maintopsail

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAINTAINABILITY

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 maintainability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maintainability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAINTAINABILITY

Find out the translation of maintainability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maintainability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maintainability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可维护性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mantenibilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

maintainability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

maintainability
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصيانة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ремонтопригодность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

manutenção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

maintainability
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maintenabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemeliharaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wartbarkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

保全性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유지 보수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bisa ditindakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bảo trì
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பராமரிப்புக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुयोग्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maintainability
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manutenibilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konserwacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ремонтопридатність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mentenabilitatea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συντηρησιμότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

instandhouding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underhållbarhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vedlikeholdbarhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maintainability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAINTAINABILITY»

The term «maintainability» is regularly used and occupies the 77.043 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAINTAINABILITY» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «MAINTAINABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word maintainability.
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Bram Cohen
My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAINTAINABILITY»

Discover the use of maintainability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maintainability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Maintainability: A Key to Effective Serviceability and ...
While theoretical aspects of maintainability are discussed, the authors' main purpose in writing this book is to help get professionals quickly on-line with the essential maintainability concepts and skills.
Benjamin S. Blanchard, 1995
2
Reliability, Maintainability and Risk 8e: Practical Methods ...
This book provides engineers with the safety and risk assessment tools and techniques they need to work effectively in any safety or reliability critical environment.
David J. Smith, 2011
3
Engineering Maintainability:: How to Design for Reliability ...
This book provides the guidelines and fundamental methods of estimation and calculation needed by maintainability engineers.
B.S. Dhillon, Ph.D., 1999
4
Systems Maintainability
This text introduces the principles of maintainability, from the point of view of engineering, mathematics and management, placing the topic in the systems life cycle.
J. Knezevic, 1997
5
Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and ...
The Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design studies the combination of various methods of designing for reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, as well as the latest techniques ...
Rudolph Frederick Stapelberg, 2009
6
Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability for Engineers
Although many books cover one or two of these topics, this is the first to cover all three in a manner useful to engineering professionals.
B.S. Dhillon, 2006
7
Maintainability of Facilities: For Building Professionals
This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability, starting right from the design stage.
M. Y. L. Chew, Michael Chew Yit Lin, 2010
8
Maintainability, Availability, and Operational Readiness ...
This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to advanced strategies and procedures for this vital function.
Dimitri Kececioglu, 2003
9
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety ...
Presents methods & techniques for assessing the reliability, availability, maintainability or safety of industrial systems.
Alain Villemeur, 1992
10
Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety
Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety is the first book to cover these three topics in a single volume.
Balbir S. Dhillon, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAINTAINABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maintainability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
No mercy to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts: Centre tells …
... the bench quizzed the Centre about the maintainability of its petition after ... asked why the State has raised the issue of maintainability now. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
MontaVista® Delivers Open Source Platform Ideal for 5G Carrier …
It also greatly simplifies maintainability in conjunction with RPM based user-land upgrade, essential for IoT devices. In addition, MontaVista is ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
3
The Next Generation Of Airbus A380
... variant as favoured by foremost buyer Emirates or a more conservative upgrade program focusing on capacity, efficiency and maintainability. «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
4
Footfall down by 90 per cent: Bangalore Club - Bangalore Mirror
The government has objected to the club's petition before the court on the grounds of maintainability itself. The case will be heard on July 24. «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
5
World rolling stock market July 2015
... an initial 30 of its four-car Class 321 outer-suburban EMUs to provide 'maintainability, cost effectiveness and the look and feel of a new train'. «Railway Gazette International, Jul 15»
6
Flexible Flap Test Program Looks to Take “Next Step”
Maintainability of any system, especially a new one, is critical. How will they hold up against the elements, endure the rigors of the flight ... «AviationPros.com, Jul 15»
7
HC, NGT to hear separate pleas for a stay on vexed Tiracol project
It also dismissed the Leading Hotels contention that the maintainability of Goa Foundations petition (for a stay on environment grounds) had to ... «Oherald, Jul 15»
8
BV Extends Offshore Services with APSYS
Services to be provided under the partnership include reliability and maintainability analysis, risk assessment and CFD modeling, production ... «MarineLink, Jul 15»
9
New Life for Old Sterling Stamping Plant
The new presses will improve reliability and maintainability, while at the same time reducing energy usage and increasing output rate. «ENGINEERING.com, Jul 15»
10
Supreme Court rejects states' plea on lifers
... and Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Rajiv case convicts, questioned the maintainability of the writ petition filed by the Centre in February last, ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Maintainability [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/maintainability>. May 2024 ».
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