equability

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Etymology

From Latin aequabilitas, from aequabilis.

Noun

equability (usually uncountable, plural equabilities)

  1. 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.

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