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rewritability en · NOUN

Etymology

From rewrite + -ability.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being rewritable.
    • This is different from the rewritability of DVD-RW and is closer in function to a "removable hard drive" than to an optical disc. 2004, Bruce C. Nazarian, DVD Studio Pro 2: The Complete Guide to DVD Authoring, page xlix:
    • RFID architecture and the capacity and rewritability of memory, which can range from a few bits up to hundreds of kilobytes and can be either Read Only, Write Once & Read Only and Read & Write. 2014, Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio, Embedded Systems Design for High-Speed Data Acquisition and Control, page 88:
    • The apparent challenges in these methods are the durability of the writings, the toxicity of the inks and the rewritability of the papers. 2011, Peidong Yang, The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials, page 28: