carvability means the quality of being carvable; workability with regard to carving. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From carve + -ability.
noun
- The quality of being carvable; workability with regard to carving.“The clinical characteristic selected for this test was the "limit of carvability," the amalgam consistency at which the dentist feels that further carving embodies an excessive risk of fracture. A punch test approximating pure shear loading was selected to measure this property. Results of hand-carving tests made on specimens indicate that the clinical limit of carvability is approximated closely ”