hatchability

1 6.5

The number of eggs that produce baby animals

noun
/ˌhæʧəˈbɪlɪti/

Specialized

: tasa de incubación

Optimizing the incubation period can significantly enhance the hatchability of turtle eggs.

Examples

This discovery alone increased the hatchability of eggs from 65 percent to the current 85 percent, an annual increase of 600 million eggs with a value of more than $60 million.

Academic text (2001)
The farmers researched methods to improve the hatchability of their poultry eggs.
Studies showed that the temperature and humidity levels directly affect egg hatchability rates.

Antonyms

infertility

Specialized

39 5.7

Not being able to have a baby

Surface Forms

hatchability singular

hatchabilities plural

Morphology

hatchability = hatchable (transparent) = hatch + able + ity

Formed by adding -ity to the adjective 'hatchable' (itself 'hatch' + -able); the meaning 'the ability or rate of hatching' follows standard derivational rules.

Etymology

Hatchability comes from the verb hatch ('to come out of an egg') plus -able ('able to') and -ity ('the state or quality of'). So hatchability is the 'ability' or chance of eggs to hatch, which is why people use it when they measure how many eggs hatch successfully.