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evolvability

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Etymology

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From evolve +‎ -ability.

Noun

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evolvability (countable and uncountable, plural evolvabilities)

  1. (chiefly biology) The ability to evolve. [from 20th c.]
    • 2003, Adrian Woolfson, ‘Genetic Mountaineering’, London Review of Books, volume 25, number 3:
      Systems must be constantly poised for change: a potential for evolvability is essential if they are to respond to the vagaries of an uncertain future.