alterability
Capacity for modification
Alterability is the quality of being able to be changed or modified.
The term appears in technical and legal contexts where distinguishing what can be altered from what cannot matters: The alterability of the contract terms was limited.
Something with high alterability is flexible; something with low alterability resists change.
Capacity to be adjusted
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- mutabilityCapacity for alteration
- transformabilityCapacity for fundamental change
convertibility · amendability · customizability · plasticity · adaptability · configurability · reformability · reconfigurability
Tendency to change
- mutabilityCapacity for alteration
- fluctuationIrregular change over time
- inconstancyLack of steadiness
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
changeableness · impermanence · fluidity · transience · unpredictability · instability · fickleness · uncertainty
Ability to adapt easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
ductility · plasticity · bendability · resilience · springiness · give · stretch · softness
Act of altering something
- transformationThorough change in form
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- conversionAct of changing states
amendment · revision · reconfiguration · customization · tweaking · reworking · reshaping · tailoring
modifiability
Capacity to be adjusted
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- mutabilityCapacity for alteration
transformability · convertibility · amendability · customizability · plasticity · adaptability · configurability · reformability · reconfigurability · revocability
variability
Tendency to change
- mutabilityCapacity for alteration
- fluctuationIrregular change over time
- inconstancyLack of steadiness
volatility · changeableness · impermanence · fluidity · transience · unpredictability · instability · fickleness · uncertainty · reversibility
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
malleability · ductility · plasticity · bendability · resilience · springiness · give · stretch · softness · deformability
modification
Act of altering something
- transformationThorough change in form
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
conversion · amendment · revision · reconfiguration · customization · tweaking · reworking · reshaping · tailoring · refinement
alterabilityunalterability
Incapacity for modification
immutability · permanence · unchangeability · fixedness · constancy