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solvable

[ sol-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being solved, as a problem.
  2. Mathematics. (of a group) having a normal series of subgroups in which successive quotient groups are Abelian.


ˈsolvable

/ ˈsɒlvəbəl /

adjective

  1. another word for soluble


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsolvaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • solva·bili·ty solva·ble·ness noun
  • nonsolv·a·bili·ty noun
  • non·solva·ble adjective
  • non·solva·ble·ness noun
  • un·solva·ble adjective
  • un·solva·ble·ness noun
  • un·solva·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of solvable1

First recorded in 1640–50; solve + -able

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Example Sentences

Rather, the term refers to solvable, long-running problems that have festered here as a result of a lack of leadership and vision.

Rather, the term refers to solvable, long-running issues that have festered here as a result of a lack of leadership and vision.

A cylinder with food inside — solvable only by going around to an open end, but tempting to gnaw on the middle —challenged puppies’ self-control.

One, I think that this is actually a solvable problem largely with a lot of technology that’s being developed.

“America is flying blind” quickly became a refrain, not only for scientists seeking support for their work, but for critics of the US response looking for a solvable problem.

But the first two things are totally solvable problems, people.

That should be a solvable problem, former Yahoo employees told The Daily Beast.

The good news is, this is an urgent but solvable problem, because almost all of these deaths are preventable.

The good news is this problem is solvable and we know where to focus our efforts.

The riddle was perhaps more easily solvable by an inveterate novelist than by the average member of the community.

Some of them are shown to be solvable by recently developed spiritual laws, while others are proven to be founded wholly in error.

Green means the problem is solvable within the conditions set down.

Facts in nature are connected by a thousand knots of which no one is solvable by human logic.

It is then an endless task, completed by constantly renewed attacks, and always only approximately solvable.

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