Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being renewable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare The quality or state of being renewable.

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  • noun The property of being renewable.

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Examples

  • The new HD technologies include anti-user nasties like "renewability" -- the ability to remotely disable some or all of the device's features without your permission.

    Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives 2006

  • BluRay and HD-DVD are both built around a "renewability" system that can shut down devices.

    - Boing Boing 2006

  • An earth friendly or green shirt gets its label depending on the renewability and source of the fibers being used, the process of how it's turned into a textile, and the material's carbon footprint, as well as the working conditions of the people producing the material.

    Chloe Spencer: Saving The Planet In Style Chloe Spencer 2011

  • An earth friendly or green shirt gets its label depending on the renewability and source of the fibers being used, the process of how it's turned into a textile, and the material's carbon footprint, as well as the working conditions of the people producing the material.

    Chloe Spencer: Saving The Planet In Style Chloe Spencer 2011

  • Qualifying insurance would be along the lines proposed by the President in his standard deduction for health insurance, including limits on out-of-pocket payments, coverage of a general range of medical care, and guaranteed renewability by the provider (Treasury 2008).

    The Things Campaigns Do to You xtra 2008

  • Careful harvesting had demonstrated the easy renewability of the resource, and Zenith had prospered, soon surpassing Benecia City, the original settlement, in population.

    Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010

  • Frye-Revere seemed much more comfortable with bone marrow selling leading us down a slippery-slope, whereas Childress was a bit more wary of the slippery slope but felt that bone marrow selling creates a natural halt in the slippery slope due to bone marrow's renewability.

    Michael Rugnetta: Thoughts on Bone Marrow Selling 2010

  • Under such a scheme, judicial independence would be protected by the length and non-renewability of a Justice's tenure.

    Alain L. Sanders: Kagan's Nomination Shows Life Tenure is a Recipe for Partisanship 2010

  • Qualifying insurance would be along the lines proposed by the President in his standard deduction for health insurance, including limits on out-of-pocket payments, coverage of a general range of medical care, and guaranteed renewability by the provider (Treasury 2008).

    Archive 2008-09-01 xtra 2008

  • Regardless of your economic outlook, sustainability is dependent upon, in part, resources, their renewability, and the impact on the environment.

    The Ugly Truth: America's Economy is Not Coming Back 2009

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