habitable
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈhæbɪtəbl/
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habitable
- This is our best chance to find a habitable planet.
- a habitable planet
- habitable zone
- a habitable world
We can search directly systems that have habitable planets around them.
- We can search directly systems that have habitable planets around them.
- Whereas Arabia is essentially a vast expanse of barely habitable terrain.
- It's the living ocean that makes Earth habitable.
- So what are the odds of us actually finding a habitable world beyond our solar system?
- Second thing, habitable zone does not mean habitable to humans or habitable to life as we know it.
- We need to do something so that we can still live here to make it habitable.
- And so these nomad Earths or super Earths more particularly are absolutely habitable.
- And then the the one that starts being really interesting is the probability that life emerges on a habitable planet.
- So most of these or all of these small planets within the habitable zone that I was talking about, they have red Suns in their sky.
- And, you know, studies have shown that perhaps most planets in habitable zones around stars could be water worlds.
Examples
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In contrast, we use almost half of the world's habitable land for farming.
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You want to find a naturally habitable planet and must look to other systems to find one.
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If it's not habitable, then we move on.
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The sort of dreams I would have would be a habitable New York City, for instance.
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Do you have any idea how impossible it would be to make this place habitable?
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There are habitable worlds within reach.
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It's likely the continent was once habitable.
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See, all of our forward scans suggest a habitable environment down there.
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There's only a handful of habitable hotels in this town.
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Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet that could support life.
Synonyms
26
3.4
Fit to live in and comfortable enough for daily life
3
3.9
Fit for people to live in
Safe and ready for people to live or work in
Suitable for people to live in
Antonyms
How Habitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Habitable comes from the old Latin verb habitare, which means 'to live' or 'dwell'. The same root is in habitat and inhabit, so habitable literally means 'able to be lived in', which is why it describes a place suitable for people to live.