Locatability

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The measure of how easily something can be found or identified in a place
2. The characteristic that determines an object's or person's ability to be situated or detected
3. The attribute describing the ease with which the position of something can be established

Etymology: Locatability is a plain English formation: the adjective "locatable" (able to be located) plus the suffix "-ity," which turns adjectives into nouns of quality, as in "ability" or "stability." "Locate" itself comes from the Late Latin "locatus," the past participle of "locare," meaning "to place," which is ultimately related to "locus," or "place." The word belongs to the modern technical vocabulary of mapping, navigation and information systems, where it names how easily an object, address or resource can be pinned down in space. Its component parts are long established in English, so the noun reads as a straightforward extension of older terms rather than a deliberate coinage by a single writer.