Noun: retentivity ,ree,ten'ti-vu-tee
- The power of retaining and recalling past experience
"The retentivity of his memory allowed him to quote entire books from memory";
- memory, retention, retentiveness
- The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
"The soil's retentivity of water was crucial for the plants' survival";
- retentiveness
- The power of retaining liquid
"moisture retentivity of soil";
- retentiveness, retention
Derived forms: retentivities
Type of: acquisitiveness, faculty, impermeability, impermeableness, mental faculty, module
Encyclopedia: Retentivity