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Meaning of "potability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POTABILITY

potability  [ˌpəʊtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Potability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POTABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

potability

Drinking water

Drinking water or potable water is water safe enough to be consumed by humans or used with low risk of immediate or long term harm. In most developed countries, the water supplied to households, commerce and industry meets drinking water standards, even though only a very small proportion is actually consumed or used in food preparation. Typical uses include toilet flushing, washing and landscape irrigation. The word potable came into English from the Late Latin potabilis meaning drinkable. Over large parts of the world, humans have inadequate access to potable water and use sources contaminated with disease vectors, pathogens or unacceptable levels of toxins or suspended solids. Drinking or using such water in food preparation leads to widespread acute and chronic illnesses and is a major cause of death and misery in many countries. Reduction of waterborne diseases is a major public health goal in developing countries. Water has always been an important and life-sustaining drink to humans and is essential to the survival of most other organisms. Excluding fat, water composes approximately 70% of the human body by mass.

Definition of potability in the English dictionary

The definition of potability in the dictionary is the degree to which sth is clean and safe for drinking.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POTABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTABILITY

pot-walloper
potable
potableness
potae
potage
potager
potamic
potamogeton
potamological
potamologist
potamology
potash
potash alum
potassa
potassic
potassium
potassium bitartrate
potassium bromide
potassium carbonate
potassium chlorate

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTABILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of potability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «potability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTABILITY

Find out the translation of potability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可饮用
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

potabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

potability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीने को योग्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصلاحية للشرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пригодности для питья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

potabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুবহতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

potabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebolehgunaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trinkwasserqualität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飲用
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

potability
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự uống được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

potability
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोताक्षमता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içilebilirliğini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

potabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potability
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

придатності для пиття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τη πόση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drinkbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drickbarheten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

til drikkevann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTABILITY»

The term «potability» is normally little used and occupies the 127.923 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «potability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «potability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potability

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTABILITY»

Discover the use of potability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Public-private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities: A ...
Meaningful project-specific data on the evolution of water potability in PPP projects are, therefore, hard to come by. The few econometric studies that have looked at the impact of PPP projects on the quality of water delivered to customers all ...
Philippe Marin, 2009
2
U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Tests of Subsurface Storage of Freshwater at Hialeah, Dade County, Florida, and Numerical Simulation of the JUNE 1976 JFMAMJJASONDIJFMAMJ 1979 1980 E . Sensitivity analysis — the. Salinity of Recovered Water. — i xx - POTABILITY .
‎1982
3
Water Pollution
CHAPTER 10 Potability of Water of Jorhat City in Terms of Bacteriological Quality Rukmini S. Thakur1, Kabita Bhuyan2 and Dr. Rajen Barua3 College of Home Science, Assam Agricultural University Jorhat-78501 3, Assam ABSTRACT Water  ...
Arvind Kumar, 2004
4
Drinking: Anthropological Approaches
More research is needed to increase our understanding of the criteria and threshholds people use to accept or reject the potability of their water supply. Potability of other substances from tea to carbonated drinks is also strongly culturally ...
I. de Garine, Valerie de Garine, 2001
5
Aquatic Ecosystems
CHAPTER - 31 POTABILITY OF WATER OF JORHAT CITY IN TERMS OF BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY RUKMINI S. THAKUR* KABITA BHUYAN** AND DR. RAJEN BARUA*** College of Home Science, Assam Agricultural University Jorhat ...
Arvind Kumar, 2003
6
Evaluation of Potability of Water Collected/Stored in Sea ...
The effects on potability of all three items were investigated based first on the techniques used to manufacture the item, second, on the storage and use of the item, and third, on a chemical/public health analysis of water that had been in ...
Richard A. Virost, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LAB KELLY AFB TEX., 1975
7
Water for the Future of the Nation's Capital Area, 1984: A ...
This study did provide a more comprehensive set of information to address the potability question than is currently available and provides an excellent framework for future studies. However, there are significant questions still unanswered that ...
‎1984
8
The Impact of Private Sector Participation in ...
With the exception of Trinidad and Tobago, the other countries in the sample enjoyed more than 20 hours per day of water after the transition (figure 7.17). Potability Despite a relatively small number of observations, it seems evident that water ...
‎2008
9
Arsenic: Natural and Anthropogenic
All standards relate to water potability, regardless of origin (ground or surface water). Until the year 2000, the Brazilian Ministry of Health defined a permissible maximum As concentration of 50 μg L−1. Starting December 29, 2002, article 14 of ...
Eleonora Deschamps, Jörg Matschullat, 2011
10
Geomorphology and Environmental Sustainability: Felicitation ...
Challenge of Alarming Increase in Potability Parameters In Rajasthan, particularly in desert zone, there are three main quality oriented problems in ground water resources, viz. salinity (Barmer, Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar, Nagaur, Churu), high ...
‎2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Reader intern drinks Bowser Beer for Dogs
The site goes so far as to include the genius question "Do cats like it?," but there's nothing regarding Bowser Beer's taste or potability for ... «Chicago Reader, Jul 15»
2
David Gill, managing director of St John's Innovation Centre
Bactest, which makes devices for monitoring microbial activity to enable quick decisions on issues such as water potability, won the Telegraph ... «Business Weekly, Jul 15»
3
Luzerne County restaurant inspections: July 13 – 17
Food facility is using an approved non-public water system, but does not have current laboratory testing results for water potability. No paper ... «Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, Jul 15»
4
Ben Lomond renters exit over mold, creek water
Landlord Robert Nuell, who bought the property in 2002 for $716,500, provided the couple with a water potability test June 15 and sent a ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Montana Album: Bypass takes fair land; boy is hero
The condition will be over soon, and the water will return to its original potability, the water department said. WASHINGTON – Defense ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Senara Warns About Possible Contamination of Caimital-Potrero …
“We do monthly potability and chemical tests to ensure that the water is safe,” he stated. Agudelo thinks that all of these tests are necessary. «Voice of Guanacaste, Jul 15»
7
Water found contaminated at a Thane mall
THANE: The Thane civic body has slapped a notice on a popular mall in Thane after a potability test revealed contamination and high alkaline ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Pamintuan on water crisis: 'It is time that we act'
Cenro also constantly tests the city's local water sources for cleanliness and potability. According to Greenpeace.org, the Environmental ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
9
Trng in water quality monitoring held
Altogether 15 parameters can be tested, which are significant to decide the potability of water. Students and teachers were requested to ensure ... «The Echo of India, Jul 15»
10
Lackawanna County restaurant inspections: July 6 – 10
Food facility is using an approved non-public water system, but does not have current laboratory testing results for water potability. Fax a copy ... «Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, Jul 15»

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