adaptability
nounUK /ədæptəˈbɪlɪti/ · AU, CA, US /əˌdæptəˈbɪləti/
Etymology From adaptable + -ity or adapt + -ability.
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The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
- But the real test of my adaptability came senior year, when I became chapter president of DKA.2020 June 30, Spencer Wright, “My fraternity taught me the secret to surviving a pandemic”, in CNN:
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Biology, Natural sciences Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
- Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- maladaptability, pathoadaptability, unadaptability
- Related terms
- adapt, adaptable, adaptableness, adaptably, adaptation, adaptational, adaptative, adaptatively, adaptativeness, adaptedness, adapter, adaption, adaptional, adaptitude, adaptive, adaptively, adaptly, adaptness, adaptorial