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sustainability

noun
/səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/UK/səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləti/CA/səˌstæɪnəˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology

From sustain + -ability.

  1. derived from sustineō — “to uphold”
  2. derived from sustenir
  3. inherited from susteinen
  4. formed as sustainability — “sustain + -ability”

Definitions

  1. The ability to sustain something.

    • None of the processing happens out in the open ocean, said Gaurav Sant, an Equatic founder and professor of sustainability at UCLA, “this is important because it allows you to measure everything that you’re doing perfectly.”

The neighborhood

Derived

biosustainability, nonsustainability, seismic sustainability

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sustainability. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA