refinability

Capacity for improvement

Refinability is the capacity to be refined—made purer, more precise, or more sophisticated.

The term appears in technical contexts where processes or materials can be improved through successive adjustments: The refinability of crude oil depends on its sulfur content.

Software and theoretical models may be evaluated for their refinability—how readily they can be incrementally improved.

improvement

upgrade

Raise to higher standard

progress · betterment · development · iteration · revision · amendment · elevation · augmentation · enrichment · evolution

purification

filter

Porous separation device

  • distillPurify through vaporization
  • clarifyMake something understandable
  • purifyRemove unwanted substances

cleanse · sift · process · extract · separate · concentrate · strain · decant · fractionate · precipitate

polish

buff

Avid fan; also burnish

  • smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
  • finishBring to completion
  • honeMake keener or better

perfect · burnish · calibrate · precision · exactness · meticulousness · attention to detail · craftsmanship · artisanship · subtlety

Opposites
capacity for improvement or purification

refinabilityfixedness

State of being stationary

immutability · intractability · unalterability · incorrigibility · permanence

malleability to processing

refinabilitycrudeness

Lack of sophistication

rawness · coarseness · intractableness · resistance · obduracy

inherent quality

refinabilitycrudeness

Lack of sophistication

coarseness · roughness · rawness · primitiveness · grossness

Family

refine, refined, refiner, refiners, refining, refinement, refinements, refinable, unrefined

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