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scalability

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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  • Australian: /ˌskæɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/
  • Australian: [ˌskæɪ̯.ləˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being scalable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being scalable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quantifiability, measurability

History

Etymology

From scale + -ability or scalable + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: eskalabilitate — property of being scalable
  • Bulgarian: мащабируемост (maštabiruemost) — property of being scalable
  • Catalan: escalabilitat — property of being scalable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伸縮性 /伸缩性 (shēnsuōxìng) — property of being scalable
  • Czech: škálovatelnost — property of being scalable
  • Danish: skalerbarhed — property of being scalable
  • Dutch: schaalbaarheid — property of being scalable
  • Estonian: skaleeritavus — property of being scalable
  • Finnish: skaalautuvuus — property of being scalable
  • French: extensibilité — property of being scalable
  • German: Skalierbarkeit — property of being scalable
  • Hungarian: skálázhatóság — property of being scalable
  • Indonesian: skalabilitas — property of being scalable
  • Italian: scalabilità — property of being scalable
  • Japanese: 伸縮性 (shinshukusei) — property of being scalable
  • Japanese: 拡張性 (kakuchōsei) — property of being scalable
  • Japanese: スケーラビリティ (sukērabiriti) — property of being scalable
  • Korean: 신축성 (sinchukseong) — property of being scalable
  • Macedonian: размерливост (razmerlivost) — property of being scalable
  • Malay: boleh skala — property of being scalable
  • Norwegian: skalerbarhet — property of being scalable
  • Polish: skalowalność — property of being scalable
  • Portuguese: escalabilidade — property of being scalable
  • Russian: масштабируемость (masštabirujemostʹ) — property of being scalable
  • Slovene: nadgradljivost — property of being scalable
  • Spanish: escalabilidad — property of being scalable
  • Swedish: skalbarhet — property of being scalable
  • Ukrainian: масштабовність (masštabovnistʹ) — property of being scalable