controllability

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *komterosder.
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contra
Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der.
Proto-Italic *rotā
Latin rota
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin rotulus
Latin contrarotulus
Medieval Latin contrarotulāreder.
Middle French contrerollerbor.
Middle English controllen
English control
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English controllable
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.
Latin -itās
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English controllability

    From controllable + -ity.

    Noun

    controllability (countable and uncountable, plural controllabilities)

    1. The quality or extent of being controllable; controllableness.
      • 2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 137:
        These conditions are discussed under the subjects of controllability, stabilizability, reconstructability, and detectability in the literature on linear optimal control.

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