survivability

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

survive +‎ -ability

Noun[edit]

survivability (countable and uncountable, plural survivabilities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being survivable
    • 2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 42:
      The accident was also one of several since Clapham [...] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability.
  2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is survivable
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