Dictionary Definition
durability n : permanence by virtue of the power
to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their
products" [syn: lastingness, enduringness, strength]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
Extensive Definition
Durability is the ability to endure. It can refer
to:
- Durable goods, goods with a long usable life in economics.
- Durability (database systems), one of the ACID properties.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abidingness, body, ceaselessness, changelessness, coeternity, cohesiveness, concreteness, constancy, continualness, continuance, density, durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, eternalness, eternity, ever-duringness,
everlastingness,
everness, firmness, fixedness, foreverness, frozenness, hardening, hardiness, hardness, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, incessancy, indestructibility,
infinite duration, infinity, infrangibility, interminability,
invariability,
invariableness,
inveteracy, lastingness, leatherlikeness, long
standing, mass, materiality,
never-endingness, palpability, perdurability, perenniality, perennialness, permanence, permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, persistence, persistency, ponderability, quiescence, resistance, rigidity, ropiness, sempiternity, solidity, soundness, stability, stamina, standing, stasis, steadfastness, steadiness, stiffness, stoutness, strength, stringiness, stubbornness, sturdiness, substance, substantiality, substantialness,
tangibility,
tenacity, timelessness, torpor, toughness, unbreakability, unbreakableness,
unceasingness,
unchangeability,
unchangingness,
viscidity, vitality