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fea⋅si⋅ble

  [fee-zuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
2. probable; likely: a feasible theory.
3. suitable: a road feasible for travel.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME feseable, faisible < AF, OF, equiv. to fes-, fais- (var. s. of faire < L facere to do) + -ible -ible

Related forms:
fea⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, fea⋅si⋅ble⋅ness, noun
fea⋅si⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See possible.
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fea·si·ble   (fē'zə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible: a feasible plan. See Synonyms at possible.

  2. Used or dealt with successfully; suitable: feasible new sources of energy.

  3. Logical; likely: a feasible explanation.


[Middle English fesable, from Old French faisable, from faire, fais-, to do, from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
fea'si·bil'i·ty, fea'si·ble·ness n., fea'si·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

feasible 
"capable of being done, accomplished or carried out," 1443, from Anglo-Fr. faisible, from O.Fr. faisible, from fais-, stem of faire "do, make," from L. facere "do, perform" (see factitious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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)
A description of a project or system for which a feasibility study gives a positive answer.
(2006-07-11)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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