My dictionary gives me "ability, aptness, suitability" for 適性 but I don't
understand and I didn't find many example sentences.

Does it mean the ability of someone or something to adapt to a situation?

I feel like it's completely different from 能力 but I'm not sure.
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What's the difference between 適性 and 能力 or 才能?
適性 is close to suitability or aptitude. 適性 is related to someone's learning
speed or future potential rather than their current ability. Someone who has a
適性 for something is not necessarily good at it _now_ , but they are easier to
be good at it _in the future_.

  * おしゃべりな人は営業職への適性がある。  
Talkative people have an aptitude for a sales position.

  * 人には適性というものがある。  
= 人には向き不向きがある。  
Different people are cut out for different things.

才能 ("talent") can also refer to someone's future potential, but it is a bigger
word that tends to refer to rare and great abilities. For example,
プログラマの適性がある人 reminds me of someone with above-average analytical skills,
patience, curiosity and such, whereas プログラマの才能がある人 is someone who has
everything to be a super hacker.
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