1 retrievability | Definition of retrievability

retrieve

verb
re·​trieve | \ ri-ˈtrÄ“v How to pronounce retrieve (audio) \
retrieved; retrieving

Definition of retrieve

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transitive verb

1 : to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
2 : to call to mind again
3 : to get back again : regain
4a : rescue, salvage
b : to return (something, such as a ball or shuttlecock that is difficult to reach) successfully
5 : restore, revive his writing retrieves the past
6 : to remedy the evil consequences of : correct
7 : to get and bring back especially : to recover from storage retrieve information

intransitive verb

: to bring in game a dog that retrieves well also : to bring back an object thrown by a person