agglutinability

English

Noun

agglutinability (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinabilities)

1. The quality or degree of being agglutinable.
   • 1920, The Lancet, volume 2, page 499:

     The figures represent the relative agglutinabilities of the cultures as found in a single test and calculating from two hours' readings only.

   • 2013, R.A. Bloodgood, Ciliary and Flagellar Membranes, page 142:

     The fluctuations are paralleled by periodic changes in agglutinability, which confirms the notion that it is the sexual adhesiveness of the flagella which determines the mating competence.

Derived terms

• nonagglutinability