Feasible
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Feasible \Fea"si*ble\ (f[=e]"z[i^]*b'l) a. [F. faisable, fr.
faire to make or do, fr. L. facere. See {Fact}, {Feat}.]
1. Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.
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Always existing before their eyes as a thing
feasible in practice. --Burke.
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It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions.
--Beaconsfield.
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2. Fit to be used or tilled, as land. [R.] --R. Trumbull.
{Fea"si*ble*ness}, n. --{Fea"si*bly}, adv.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
feasible
<algorithm> A description of an {algorithm} that takes
{polynomial} time (that is, for a problem set of size N, the
resources required to solve the problem can be expressed as
some polynomial involving N).
Problems that are "feasible" are said to be "in P" where P is
polynomial time. Problems that are "possible" but not
"feasible" are said to be "in NP".
(2001-04-12)
<systems analysis> A description of a project or system for
which a {feasibility study} gives a positive answer.
(2006-07-11)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "feasible":
achievable, actable, adaptable, advantageous, advisable,
applicable, appropriate, attainable, banausic, becoming, befitting,
beneficial, compassable, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable,
doable, ductile, effective, effectual, efficient, expedient,
favorable, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, flexible, foolproof,
fructuous, good, handy, happy, likely, malleable, manageable,
maneuverable, meet, negotiable, operable, opportune, overcomable,
performable, pliable, pliant, politic, possible, practicable,
practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, realistic, realizable,
recommendable, right, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sortable,
suitable, superable, surmountable, timely, to be desired,
tractable, untroublesome, usable, useful, viable, well-timed,
wieldable, wieldy, wise, workable, worthwhile, yielding
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