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ˈhæb ɪ tə bəlhab·it·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. habitable, inhabitableadjective

    fit for habitation

    "the habitable world"

Wiktionary

  1. habitableadjective

    Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

    After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.

  2. Etymology: Originally derived from the habitabilis, from habito.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. HABITABLEadjective

    Capable of being dwelt in; capable of sustaining human creatures.

    Etymology: habitable, Fr. habitabilis, Lat.

    By means of our solitary situation, we know well most part of the habitable world, and are ourselves unknown. Francis Bacon.

    That was her torrid and inflaming time;
    This is her habitable tropique clime. John Donne.

    Look round the habitable world, how few
    Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. habitable

    Habitable refers to an environment or place that is suitable or fit for supporting and sustaining life and human settlement. It typically implies having living conditions such as sufficient space, favorable climate, availability of necessary resources like food, water, and air, and being safe or free from excessive danger or harm.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Habitableadjective

    capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world

  2. Etymology: [F. habitable, L. habitabilis.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Habitable

    hab′it-a-bl, adj. that may be dwelt in.—ns. Habitabil′ity, Hab′itableness.—adv. Hab′itably.—ns. Hab′itant, an inhabitant; Hab′itat, the natural abode or locality of an animal or plant: place of abode generally; Habitā′tion, act of inhabiting: a dwelling or residence: a group, lodge, company, as of the so-called 'Primrose League.' [Fr.,—L. habitabilishabitāre, -ātum, to inhabit, freq. of habēre, to have.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HABITABLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HABITABLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of HABITABLE in a Sentence

  1. Michelle Kunimoto:

    This planet is about a thousand light-years away, so were not getting there anytime soon! but this is a really exciting find, since there have only been 15 small, confirmed planets in the Habitable Zone found in Kepler data so far.

  2. Alyssa Rhoden:

    Evaluating Mimas' status as an ocean moon would benchmark models of its formation and evolution, this would help us better understand Saturn's rings and mid-sized moons as well as the prevalence of potentially habitable ocean moons, particularly at Uranus. Mimas is a compelling target for continued investigation.

  3. Benjamin Weiss:

    The most surprising thing that's come out of these images is the potential opportunity to catch the time when Jezero Crater transitioned from an Earth-like habitable environment, to this desolate landscape wasteland we see now, these boulder beds may be records of this transition, and we haven't seen this in other places on Mars.

  4. Jason Dittmann:

    What I truly find exciting is that we have a potentially habitable, rocky planet orbiting a nearby star that is currently very calm and stable and doesn't flare, we're essentially running down the list of the things we want in a habitable planet and checking the boxes.

  5. Paul Hertz:

    TESS was designed and launched specifically to find Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby stars, planets around nearby stars are easiest to follow-up with larger telescopes in space and on Earth. Discovering TOI 700 d is a key science finding for TESS. Confirming the planet's size and habitable zone status with Spitzer is another win for Spitzer as it approaches the end of science operations this January.

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