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hab⋅i⋅tat

  [hab-i-tat]
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–noun
1. the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism: a tropical habitat.
2. the place where a person or thing is usually found. Paris is a major habitat of artists.
3. a special environment for living in over an extended period, as an underwater research vessel.
4. habitation (def. 1).
Origin:
1755–65; < L: it inhabits, 3rd sing. pres. indic. of habitāre, freq. of habēre to have, hold
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hab·i·tat   (hāb'ĭ-tāt')   
n.  

  1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs: a marine habitat.

  2. The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found.

  3. A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.


[Latin, it dwells, third person sing. present of habitāre, to dwell; see habitable.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hab·i·tat
Pronunciation: 'hab-&-"tat
Function: noun
1 : the place or environment where a plant or animal naturallyoccurs habitat of the crab louse>
2 : a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live surrounded byinhospitable conditions (as under the sea)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
habitat   (hāb'ĭ-tāt')  Pronunciation Key 
The area or natural environment in which an organism or population normally lives. A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a geographic area—for a parasitic organism it is the body of its host or even a cell within the host's body.
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Computing Dictionary

Habitat networking, graphics
The original term for on-line graphical virtual communities or worlds. Created at Lucasfilm in 1985 by Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar.
(http://communities.com/habitat.html).
(1996-06-12)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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