readability
nounUK /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪlɪti/ · CA, US /ˌɹidəˈbɪləti/
Etymology From readable + -ity or read + -ability.
1
The property of being capable of being read; legibility.
- When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings.2018 April 20, jkohorst, “FR E SH A VOCA DO^([sic])”, in Writing for Designers^([dead link]):
- Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause.2021, Luis Atencio, The Joy of JavaScript, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 104:
2
The property of being easy or engaging to read.
- The book had a clever plot, but lacked readability.
- Derived terms
- nonreadability
- Related terms
- readable, unreadable, readableness