solvable
[sol-vuh-buh l]
- capable of being solved, as a problem.
- Mathematics. (of a group) having a normal series of subgroups in which successive quotient groups are Abelian.
- Archaic. soluble(def 1).
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Origin of solvable
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Examples from the Web for solvable
Contemporary Examples
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.
Christy Turlington Burns: Why You Should Stay Mum This Mother’s DayChristy Turlington Burns
May 11, 2012
The good news is this problem is solvable and we know where to focus our efforts.
Historical Examples
His occult breathings to her might be solvable by his course in that respect.
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy
The whole question seems to me to lie in the proverbial nutshell, and to be solvable by the proverbial common sense.
Coleridge's unshaken conviction that it was solvable, inspired many with courage.
Facts in nature are connected by a thousand knots of which no one is solvable by human logic.
The Natural Philosophy of LoveRemy de Gourmont
Some of them are shown to be solvable by recently developed spiritual laws, while others are proven to be founded wholly in error.
The World's Sixteen Crucified SaviorsKersey Graves
solvable
- another word for soluble (def. 1)
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Word Origin and History for solvable
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