-ability - meaning and definition. What is -ability
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What (who) is -ability - definition

AMERICAN MAGAZINE
Ability Magazine; Ability magazine; Abilitymagazine.com; ABILITY Magazine

-ability      
¦ suffix forming nouns of quality corresponding to adjectives ending in -able (such as suitability corresponding to suitable).
Origin
from Fr. -abilite or L. -abilitas.
-ability      
(-abilities)
-ability replaces '-able' at the end of adjectives to form nouns. Nouns formed in this way refer to the state or quality described by the adjectives.
...the desirability of global co-operation...
No one ever questioned her capability.
SUFFIX
Spatial visualization ability         
ABILITY TO MENTALLY MANIPULATE 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL FIGURES
Spatial Visualization Ability; Visual spatial ability; Visual-spatial ability; Spatial visualization; Visual/spatial; Spatial skills; Spatial–temporal reasoning (in psychology); Spatial-temporal reasoning (in psychology); Visual-spatial; Visual spatial tasks; Gender differences in spatial ability
Spatial visualization ability or visual-spatial ability is the ability to mentally manipulate 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional figures. It is typically measured with simple cognitive tests and is predictive of user performance with some kinds of user interfaces.

Wikipedia

Ability (magazine)

Ability is an American bimonthly magazine founded by Chet Cooper in 1990, and launched as the first newsstand magazine focused on issues of health and disability. Ability is ranked in the Top 50 Magazines in the World — ,and is the magazine covering Health, Disability and Human Potential. It is distributed by Time Warner and has offices in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa, California.

Examples of use of -ability
1. That has limited its ability to make loans, constricting GM‘s ability to sell cars.
2. The condition of ability is paramount, and the ability mentioned here is both financial and physical.
3. "If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed.
4. "The ability to ask for alms is a God–given ability.
5. "My ability to get anything done around here is based around my ability to make this into a national issue.