evolvability
nounEtymology From evolve + -ability.
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Biology, Natural sciences The ability to evolve.
- Systems must be constantly poised for change: a potential for evolvability is essential if they are to respond to the vagaries of an uncertain future.2003, Adrian Woolfson, ‘Genetic Mountaineering’, London Review of Books, volume 25, number 3:
- Derived terms
- nonevolvability