habilitation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Equipment; qualification.
  2. An act of habilitating.
  3. An academic qualification, prerequiring a PhD, required in order to gain tenure as a professor in some European universities; a thesis or dissertation presented to achieve the qualification.
  4. The act of supplying money to work a mine.

Pronunciation

/həˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-habilitation.wav

Word forms

habilitation habilitations

Etymology

From Latin habilitatio, from Latin habilitāre.

Related words

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