derivability.

The capacity to be derived from specified sources, premises or rules.

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Words that belong together

• derivability of a conclusion
• formal derivability

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The conclusion’s derivability depended on an additional premise.

Formal derivability was tested within the given rule system.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: uncommon.