The phrase "ability to trigger a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capacity or potential to initiate a specific action or event.
Example: "The software has the ability to trigger a notification whenever a new message is received."
Alternatives: "capacity to initiate a" or "potential to activate a".
The Australian firm Seeing Machines is already marketing Driver Safety Solution, which uses a console-mounted camera to look deep into your eyes for signs of drowsiness, and has the ability to trigger a vibrating seat alert.
A peculiar, unpredictable, and serious adverse property of halogen anesthetics and muscle relaxants is their ability to trigger a hypermetabolic reaction in the skeletal muscles of certain susceptible individuals.
At the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon last weekend, many of the applications included the ability to trigger a text message when something important happened in the application.
Tuberculoid (TT) and lepromatous leprosy (LL) develop in the human host depending on his ability to trigger a specific cellular immune response CIR).
Hence, the intracellular contents were not released externally where they might exert alarmin activity and this may limit their ability to trigger a protective anti-gastrointestinal nematode response.
The film documents how our planet has experienced five major extinctions in geologic history and how our prolific production of greenhouse gases has the ability to trigger a sixth mass extinction.
For even the most worn-out, broken-down, puked-upon possession has one powerful attribute: the ability to trigger an already-fading memory.
Interestingly, the study of tumor cell death biology has recently revealed that part of radiotherapy efficacy relies on its ability to trigger an immune response against tumor cells.
Codfish allergens have a grossly reduced ability to trigger an intestinal allergic reaction when they are digested [ 11], and incomplete gastric digestion of cod allergens represents a risk factor for allergen-induced anaphylaxis [ 12].
We showed that the impact of EVER2 fragments on TNF- α-induced NF- κB activation depended directly on their ability to trigger an apoptotic cell death and to interact with TRADD.
