Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suitable to live in or on; inhabitable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being inhabited or dwelt in; suited to serve as an abode for human beings: as, a habitable house; the habitable world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fit for habitation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We are at best forty hours away from anything in habitable space, travelling at speed.
365 tomorrows » submission : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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But Marcy said that with so many Earth-size planets now expected to be orbiting distant suns - something on the order of 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 across the universe - the likelihood is high that many are in "habitable zones" where life can theoretically exist.
Scientists estimate tens of billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way Marc Kaufman 2010
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Butler and Vogt said the likelihood of finding many more planets in habitable zones has greatly increased because of where this first one was found and how long it took to find it.
First 'habitable zone' planet found outside solar system Marc Kaufman 2010
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"It's tantalizing, without a doubt, to think some of those Earths are in habitable zones," Marcy said.
Scientists estimate tens of billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way Marc Kaufman 2010
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But very few now doubt that Earth-size and Earth-like exoplanets in habitable zones will be found in the months and years ahead.
Scientists estimate tens of billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way Marc Kaufman 2010
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Butler and Vogt said the likelihood of finding many more planets in habitable zones has greatly increased because of where this first one was found and how long it took to find it.
First 'habitable zone' planet found outside solar system Marc Kaufman 2010
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We are at best forty hours away from anything in habitable space, travelling at speed.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Marcy, who is a member of the Kepler science team, said the orbiting telescope will survey thousands of stars to determine with unprecedented precision how many are circled by exoplanets, and especially by Earth-size exoplanets that might be in habitable zones.
Scientists estimate tens of billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way Marc Kaufman 2010
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However, other than not having the protective/decorative gates and the double garage door, the only room that isn't habitable is the livingroom.
New Construction? 2006
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However, other than not having the protective/decorative gates and the double garage door, the only room that isn't habitable is the livingroom.
New Construction? 2006
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