interpretability.

The capacity of material, output or a system to support an understandable interpretation.

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Words that belong together

• interpretability of a result
• model interpretability

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The result’s interpretability depended on definitions supplied with the measure.

Model interpretability was assessed against the questions users needed to answer.

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: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon.