adaptability

== English == === Etymology === From adaptable +‎ -ity or adapt +‎ -ability. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədæptəˈbɪlɪti/ (General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /əˌdæptəˈbɪləti/, [əˌdæp.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] === Noun === adaptability (countable and uncountable, plural adaptabilities) The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable. Synonym: adaptableness Coordinate terms: adaptiveness, adaptivity (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adaptability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.