Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Qualification.
  • noun In the western mining districts of the United States, the supplying of money or other property by a capitalist to the owner or proprietor of a mine, for its development or working.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Equipment; qualification.

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  • noun Equipment; qualification.

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Examples

  • The habilitation is a permission to lecture independently.

    Reinhard Selten - Autobiography 1995

  • At the end of May 1938, right after the Anschluss, Maier became a member of National Socialists (NSDAP) and on December 1 of the same year was promoted to Primararzt. 107 In 1941, Fonovits-Smereker and Maier were married. 108 In 1943, her habilitation was accepted at the medical faculty of the University of Vienna and she retained the position of the director until the end of her life in 1954.

    Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna 2007

  • But I would have liked to have seen "habilitation" kept in there.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2005 2005

  • In addition to this, one is expected to work towards a "habilitation".

    Reinhard Selten - Autobiography 1995

  • Much of that went to employees at facilities that provide care to clients 24 hours a day, such as habilitation centers for the developmentally disabled or the state mental health hospital.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • Much of that went to employees at facilities that provide care to clients 24 hours a day, such as habilitation centers for the developmentally disabled or the state mental health hospital.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • In 1980 he completed and successfully defended his doctoral thesis for the University of Gdansk, and in 1990 was awarded his "habilitation".

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • In 1980 he completed and successfully defended his doctoral thesis for the University of Gdansk, and in 1990 was awarded his "habilitation".

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • The full account of Fr. Ratzinger's difficulty with the Habilitationsschrift (or habilitation) is found in chapter 8 of Milestones (pp. 103-114).

    Benedict and Bonaventure 2009

  • Apply discipline-specific listening and spoken language (re) habilitation strategies

    Professional Preparation in Cochlear Implants (PPCI) 2010

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