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habitability

habitability

3 6.5
How suitable a place is for people to live in
  • noun
  • /ˌhæbɪˈtæbɪlɪti/
translation icon : habitabilidad
  • Scientists examine various factors that contribute to the habitability of a planet, such as its distance from the sun.
  • warranty of habitability
  • habitability of the planet

Searching for what they would say in a very cautious way is signs of past habitability.

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Examples

  • My research interests include exoplanets, habitability, and astrobiology.

    Blog text (19)
  • The detection of planets around Sun-like stars over the past year has been a giant step in our understanding of the habitability of the universe and our place in its immensity.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Modern climate change could have a devastating effect on the habitability of large parts of the planet.

    Blog text (9)
  • And the habitability problem asks why is this planet habitable while other planets are not.

  • What is the potential of habitability of orbiting planets around a brown dwarf or low mass stars?

  • For all its merits, democracy is not ideally suited to promote global habitability and the interests of generations yet to come.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Chiron requires further tests for habitability; it must be cleansed of deadly disease before any further colonies may be established.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Still, the research suggests that habitability might exist in many forms in the galaxy—not just on planets.

    Blog text (12)
  • The discovery of liquid water on Mars raises questions about the potential habitability of the planet.

  • Researchers are studying the habitability of exoplanets to find conditions that could support life.

Synonyms

livability
vshabitability
  • US
4 4.4

How safe and comfortable a place is for people to live in

focuses on basic fitness to live rather than comfort or pleasantness
habitableness
vshabitability
8.4

How good a place is for people or animals to live in

is the same meaning but is the more common modern term

How Habitable

suitability
8 3.2
habitability
3 6.5
barrenness
1 8.1
desolation
11 7.7

Surface Forms

habitability singular

Morphology

habitability = habitable (semi-transparent) = habit + able + ity

Formally built from 'habitable' + '-ity', but the visible root 'habit' (behaviour) may mislead learners who do not know 'habitable'.

Etymology

Habitability comes from the Latin root habit- meaning 'to live' or 'dwell' and the ending -ability meaning 'able to'. You can see the same root in habitat and inhabit, so habitability is about how suitable a place is for living.