communicability

/kəˌmjunɪkəˈbɪləti/
noun
  1. The quality of being able to be passed from one person to another, especially a disease or an idea.
    • The communicability of the flu makes it spread quickly through schools.
    • Scientists studied the communicability of the new virus to predict its impact.
    • The communicability of a rumor depends on how interesting people find it.
What does "communicability" mean? | whatsthatwordmean | whatsthatwordmean