detectability.

The extent to which a signal, effect or feature can be detected under relevant conditions.

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Words that belong together

• signal detectability
• effect detectability

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The signal’s detectability declined as background noise increased.

Failure to observe the effect reflected limited detectability rather than decisive evidence of absence.

Usage notes

Primary category: science / research / methodology. 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: methodology, measurement, causation, evaluation. Disciplines: research, statistics, scientific reasoning. Commonness: moderately common.