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Definitions for habitable
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.

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  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. Chris McKay:

    It’s unfortunate because I ’m very interested in searching for life on other worlds and I would love to think that Venus is habitable.

  2. Seth Shostak:

    There is estimated to be in our galaxy alone a trillion planets. And we can see 100 billion galaxies, it's believed that one in 10 stars may have a habitable world capable of supporting life.

  3. Emily Gilbert:

    When we corrected the star's parameters, the sizes of its planets dropped, and we realized the outermost one was about the size of Earth and in the habitable zone, additionally, in 11 months of data we saw no flares from the star, which improves the chances TOI 700 d is habitable and makes it easier to model its atmospheric and surface conditions.

  4. Alfred McEwen:

    It's not necessarily habitable just because it's water – at least to terrestrial organisms.

  5. Hunter Waite:

    Now, Enceladus is high on the list in the solar system for showing habitable conditions.

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