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habitability

habitability noun: the property of being habitable.

Noun

habitability (countable and uncountable, plural habitabilities)

  1. The property of being habitable.
    • We derive rotation periods, photometric activity indices, flaring energies, mass loss rates, gyrochronological ages, X-ray luminosities and consider implications for the planetary magnetospheres and habitability.2015, D. J. Armstrong, C. E. Pugh, A.-M. Broomhall, D. J. A. Brown, M. N. Lund, H. P. Osborn, D. L. Pollacco, “The Host Stars of Keplers Habitable Exoplanets: Superflares, Rotation and Activity”, in...
    • The findings shed light on the geological history of Mars and offer valuable insights into how rocky planets across the solar system evolve. In addition, the discovery offers key implications for understanding the habitability of rocky planets, the researchers said.2025 September 3, Julia Jacobo, “What are the mysterious blobs on Mars? Astronomers may have figured it out”, in ABC News

Forms of habitability

pluralhabitabilities

Origin of habitability

From habitable + -ity.

Questions about habitability

What does habitability mean?
Habitability means the property of being habitable.
What part of speech is habitability?
Habitability is a noun.
What is the plural of habitability?
The plural of habitability is habitabilities.

Words near habitability in the dictionary

  1. habit of thought
  2. habit shirt
  3. habit shirts
  4. habit-forming
  5. habitabilities
  6. habitability
  7. habitable
  8. habitable epoch
  9. habitable zone
  10. habitable zones
  11. habitableness

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