See Also: validity(encyclopedia)
validity(dictionary)
Validity(health)
validity(medicine)
face validity(medicine)
predictive validity(medicine)
content validity(medicine)
Nonempirical Validity(money)
Content validity(health)
construct validity(medicine)

validity (iou)



validity noun. M16.
[French validite or late Latin validitas, from Latin validus: see VALID, -ITY.]
The quality of being (esp. legally) valid. M16.
M. Spark Having the validity of his marriage examined by the ecclesiastical lawyers. A. Stevens He will deny the validity of your suggestion.
Robustness, physical strength; physical capacity. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Value, worth; efficacy. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 1. L16.
J. Smeaton The most certain index of the validity of a limestone for Aquatic Buildings.
In pl. Valid powers or capacities. L16-E17.
Comb.: validity check Computing a check that data items conform to coding requirements.