adaptability

From adaptable +‎ -ity.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ədæptəˈbɪlɪti/

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• (General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˌdæptəˈbɪləti/, [əˌdæp.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]

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adaptability (countable and uncountable, plural adaptabilities)

1. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.

   Synonym: adaptableness

   Coordinate terms: adaptiveness, adaptivity

3. (biology) 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.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adaptability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.