retentivity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the power of retaining and recalling past experience
    retention; retentiveness; memory.
    • he had a good memory when he was younger
  2. noun the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
    retentiveness.
  3. noun the power of retaining liquid
    retentiveness; retention.
    • moisture retentivity of soil

WordNet

Re`ten*tiv"i*ty noun
Definitions
  1. The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

Webster 1913