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Definition of controllability

controllability

/kənˌtroʊləˈbɪləti/
con · trol · la · bil · i · ty
Adverb:controllably
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Plural:controllabilities
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Adjective:controllable
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controllability Lexical Profile

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• noun

1

The quality or degree of being able to be directed, regulated, or managed.

Example

"The updated flight software significantly improved the aircraft's overall controllability during severe turbulence."

2

In control theory and systems engineering, the property of a dynamical system whereby its internal state can be driven from any initial state to any desired final state within a finite time using admissible external inputs.

Example

"Before designing the feedback regulator, the engineers verified the mathematical controllability of the linear state-space model."

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• Rhymes for controllability

• Nearby Words

contrived
contriver
control
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controllably
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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Controllability. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/controllability
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