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tractability

/tɹˌæktəbˈɪlᵻɾi/ noun

The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

Word Origin From Latin trahere 'to pull, draw' — tractable means 'able to be drawn or pulled along,' easily managed. Tractability is that quality. The root is everywhere: tractor (a puller), attract (pull towards), distract (pull apart), contract (pull together), extract (pull out). The PIE *tragh- meant 'to drag, draw.'

noun The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness. countable

The dog's tractability made it easy to train.

(名词) 温顺；顺从；听话；驯服；易驾驭 【温顺性】

这只狗的温顺性格使它很容易训练。

(sustantivo) docilidad; manejabilidad; obediencia [El estado de ser tratable o dócil; docilidad; manejabilidad.]

La docilidad del perro hizo que fuera fácil de entrenar.

(nom) docilité; souplesse; malléabilité [Caractère de ce qui est docile ou facile à manier ; douceur.]

La tractability du chien rendait son dressage très facile.

(Substantiv) Fügsamkeit; Gelehrigkeit; Lenkbarkeit [Die Eigenschaft, leicht lenkbar, gefügig oder bereitwillig zu sein; die Bereitschaft, sich führen oder beeinflussen zu lassen.]

Die **Tractability** des Hundes machte das Training besonders einfach.

(名詞) 従順であること、扱いやすい状態。

その犬の従順さのおかげで、訓練は簡単だった。

(substantivo) docilidade; mansidão [O estado de ser tratável ou dócil; docilidade; mansidão.]

A docilidade do cachorro facilitou o adestramento.

Synonyms: docility obedience compliance manageability submissiveness meekness pliability malleability Antonyms: unruliness intractability obstinacy stubbornness
Word parts: tract + abil + ity

Related words

tractable intractable traction tractor attract attraction attractive distract distraction extract extraction subtract subtraction contract contraction

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