equability

English

Alternative forms

æquability (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aequabilitas, from aequabilis.

Noun

equability (usually uncountable, plural equabilities)

The condition of being equable.
- 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 11:
  She was taller than the man, and the equability of her body, contrasting with his indolent slouch, accentuated the difference.

Translations

condition of being equable

Dutch: gelijkmatigheid (nl), uniformiteit (nl)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “equability”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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