Meanings
nounsurvivability (countable and uncountable, plural survivabilities)
plural survivabilities
- uncountableThe condition of being survivable
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.
2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 42 - countableA measure of the extent to which something is survivable
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
- Proto-Italic*gʷīwō
- Latinvīvō
- Latinsupervīvere
- Englishsurvive
- Englishsurvivability
Translations
Spanish sobrevivibilidad, supervivibilidad
- sobrevivibilidadTranslations
- supervivibilidadTranslations
- pervivibilidadTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
survivability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/survivability
MLA
“survivability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/survivability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “survivability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/survivability.
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