habitability
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hab·it·a·ble
(hăb′ĭ-tə-bəl)adj.
Suitable to live in or on; inhabitable: habitable land.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin habitābilis, from habitāre, to dwell, frequentative of habēre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]
hab′it·a·bil′i·ty n.
hab′it·a·bly adv.
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Noun | 1. | habitability - suitability for living in or on fitness, fittingness - the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" |
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