VIABLE

viable

(adjective) capable of life or normal growth and development; “viable seeds”; “a viable fetus”

feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable

(adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)

Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).

Able to be done, possible.

(biology) Able to live and develop.

Antonyms

• inviable

Noun

viable (plural viables)

(biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.

Source: Wiktionary


Vi"a*ble, a. Etym: [F., from vie life, L. vita. See Vital.] (Law)

Definition: Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant.

Note: Unless he [an infant] is born viable, he acquires no rights, and can not transmit them to his heirs, and is considered as if he had never been born. Bouvier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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