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habitability

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hab·it·a·ble  (hb-t-bl)
adj.
Suitable to live in or on; inhabitable: habitable land.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin habitbilis, from habitre, to dwell, frequentative of habre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]
habit·a·bili·ty n.
habit·a·bly adv.
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Noun1.habitability - suitability for living in or on
habitableness
fitness, fittingness - the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"
Translations
habitability [ˌhæbɪtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N [of building, area] → habitabilidad f


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"Nevertheless," retorted one of the audience, "there are many arguments against the habitability of the worlds.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
He was, therefore, under extremely favorable conditions for solving that great question of the habitability of the moon; but the solution still escaped him; he could distinguish nothing but desert beds, immense plains, and toward the north, arid mountains.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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