What does accessibility mean?
Definitions for accessibility
ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word accessibility.
Princeton's WordNet
handiness, accessibility, availability, availablenessnoun
the quality of being at hand when needed
approachability, accessibilitynoun
the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
Wiktionary
accessibilitynoun
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility
Wikipedia
Accessibility
Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i.e. unassisted) and "indirect access" meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity. The concept focuses on enabling access for people with disabilities, or enabling access through the use of assistive technology; however, research and development in accessibility brings benefits to everyone.Accessibility is not to be confused with usability, which is the extent to which a product (such as a device, service, or environment) can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, convenience, or satisfaction in a specified context of use.Accessibility is also strongly related to universal design, the process of creating products that are usable by the widest possible range of people, operating within the widest possible range of situations. Universal design typically provides a single general solution that can accommodate people with disabilities as well as the rest of the population. By contrast, accessible design is focused on ensuring that there are no barriers to accessibility for all people, including those with disabilities.
ChatGPT
accessibility
Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities or limitations. It also includes the ability to access or benefit from some system or entity, such as physical places, information, communication, technology or transportation. It involves removing barriers (physical, digital, or social) that might prevent people with disabilities from interacting with these effectively.
accessibility
Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments to make them usable by as many people as possible, including those with disabilities or special needs. It can also refer to the ease with which people can approach, enter, or use a facility or service. More generally, accessibility can signify the degree to which something is readily available or obtainable.
Webster Dictionary
Accessibilitynoun
the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility
Etymology: [L. accessibilitas: cf. F. accessibilit.]
Wikidata
Accessibility
Accessibility is the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity. The concept often focuses on people with disabilities or special needs and their right of access, enabling the use of assistive technology. Accessibility is not to be confused with usability, which is the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use. Accessibility is strongly related to universal design when the approach involves "direct access." This is about making things accessible to all people. An alternative is to provide "indirect access" by having the entity support the use of a person's assistive technology to achieve access.
Editors Contribution
accessibility
The ability to access.
Accessibility is important for people to know they can access things easily.
Submitted by MaryC on March 29, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of accessibility in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of accessibility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of accessibility in a Sentence
Sedentary behavior also increases; there's more transport accessibility; people walk less; there are more built environments.
One of the hallmarks of a good destination is accessibility, (Mauritius) has comparatively good healthcare for the region...but it's ambitious to attract patients from outside.
I know as an artist that I don’t have the accessibility to have ever given the song what he has given it, to ever really give other people the chance to hear it. For someone to take something that you wrote and just shine it so bright like that, it sort of makes it as much his song, if not more, than me … I feel like it’s been such a gift for him to be able to share it with the people the way he has. I’m just blessed that I’m part of it, to be honest.
I think we're going to be able to do it, i think it's by changing a little bit of the strategy -- getting out of the mass vaccination approach, and really putting in walk-in capabilities in 40,000 or so pharmacies throughout the country, getting mobile units going, getting the local capability of accessibility rather than these broad, mass vaccination sites.
It's an enormous market for us. It's our No.1 cheese market outside the EU, even for premium products, it creates a problem of accessibility. Our ambition is to reach the broadest possible population in the U.S., our cheeses are not intended for an elite.
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- достъпност, достижимостBulgarian
- accessibilitatCatalan, Valencian
- Barrierefreiheit, ZugänglichkeitGerman
- alireblecoEsperanto
- accesibilidadSpanish
- دسترسیPersian
- accessibilitéFrench
- aksesibilitasIndonesian
- aðgengileikiIcelandic
- accessibilitàItalian
- accessibilityLatin
- toegankelijkheidDutch
- dostępnośćPolish
- acessibilidadePortuguese
- accesibilitateRomanian
- доступностьRussian
- dostupnost, pristupačnostSerbo-Croatian
- அணுகல்Tamil
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