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noun

ability to live, especially under certain conditions: The viability of a fetus outside the womb has increased dramatically with the advent of new technologies and procedures.

the capacity to operate or be sustained: The viability of the company was guaranteed by the success of its new product.

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non·vi·a·bil·i·ty, noun

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It is too early to draw any conclusions about their viability.

The market for college presidents does not approach this level of viability.

In both cases, a greater level of progressivity is thought corrosive to the political viability of larger political goals.

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It is too early to draw any conclusions about their viability.

The market for college presidents does not approach this level of viability.

In both cases, a greater level of progressivity is thought corrosive to the political viability of larger political goals.

Such fees will help ensure the long term economic viability of the center, planners say.

Mathematical modeling shows viability of a motorcycle that could run on compressed air.

But economic viability has remained tantalizingly out of reach.

Other speakers questioned the viability of communal spaces.

The team is currently looking at the viability of trying to start this company.

Yet talk to those on the ground, and deepening economic gloom has them worried about the viability of government reforms.

Climate, environment and location can limit or enhance the viability of a solar energy system.

The credibility and viability of science are not enhanced by such behavior.

Maintain the economic viability of farming communities….

Their efforts demonstrate an indisputable viability in the marketplace.

Yet the territory is once more wondering about the peg's viability.

In addition, destruction of habitat threatens the viability of species that have a narrow niche.

So hey, vote to fill your own pockets, at the expense of the viability of life on earth.

It doesn't prove much about the viability of hydrogen-powered cars.

But nobody knows anything more about the euro's long-term viability today than they did ten months ago.

The plane is one of several vehicles being used to test the viability of the reusable rocket launcher.

Meanwhile, on its chairman's desk lay a consultants' report doubting the club's financial viability.

And it certainly won't fix genetic problems that can affect embryo viability.

He weighs his issues in effectiveness as well as political viability.

Tarantino-style argument about the viability of the car combat genre.

Critics of electric cars frequently argue that their viability depends on government subsidies.

As for the viability of those ideas, you be the judge.

Major issue to be negotiated is viability of the salmon habitat".

Amos says that genetic diversity is not necessarily a clear indicator of the viability of populations anyway.

And that's how he crystallized his counterintuitive contention about the viability of some late-'90s business models.

Each woman is born with a finite number of eggs, and the genetic quality and viability of those eggs will diminish as she ages.

Yields in the test fields were not as high as expected, and economic viability of growing cotton was never achieved.

Berkeley realized that the two theories made different predictions for the long term viability of male babies.

During those flights, the team will examine the viability of the schedule they plan to use for the around-the-world flight.

These are the places that helped to establish photography's viability as an art form as well as to create a business model.

This, says the organisation, means that the viability of drug companies' research is not threatened.

Yes, these are seed programs to see if any will be scalable to other places and to test the viability as models.

Evolution is the continuing exploration of the viability of randomly created variants of preexisting life-forms.

The aircraft demonstrated the viability of the lifting body design as an unpowered space reentry vehicle.

Long-term value generation is compromised by short-term gains that undermine the long-term viability of a company.

Even if you have tenure, your spouse may not, and your employer's financial viability may experience setbacks.

Despite these undoubted contributions, there are new questions about its future viability as a state after the.

Often simple experiments can show the viability or otherwise of an idea.

The oil majors watched from the sidelines as more entrepreneurial drillers proved shale's viability.

She left them in a taxi–threatening the viability of the entire project.

Starkman and his colleagues have been testing the viability of a third modified gravity.

Except you're also in the camp that so far refuses to acknowledge the viability of any of those works in your so-called canon.

All this puts the viability of using market mechanisms, the lowest-cost solutions to climate change, in political jeopardy.

Two important considerations for answering his question are regulatory compliance and economic viability.

Such actions are consistent with the government's interest in protecting citizens and creating long-term vitality and viability.

The article was about the comparative long-term viability of economic systems.

Our defense spending does pose a real long term threat to our viability that our enemies simply do not.

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World English Dictionary

viable (ˈvaɪəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	capable of becoming actual, useful, etc; practicable: a viable proposition
2.	(of seeds, eggs, etc) capable of normal growth and development
3.	(of a fetus) having reached a stage of development at which further development can occur independently of the mother

[C19: from French, from vie life, from Latin vīta]

via'bility

—n

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