viability
[vahy-uh-bil-i-tee]
- 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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Examples from the Web for viability
Contemporary Examples
“I would advise any candidate to assess their viability and not just do a token run,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster.
Unlike a primary, caucuses for Democrats in Iowa have viability thresholds.
That means none of us know what viability will look like in another five to ten years.
The Supreme Court sets that viability and it probably will be revisited.
But he also talked about the substance of the proposals and assessed their viability within the administration.
Obama’s Defining Fight: How He Will Take On the NSA’s Surveillance State in 2014Daniel Klaidman
December 31, 2013
Historical Examples
Careful handling of the nuts is advisable to preserve their viability.
Growing Nuts in the NorthCarl Weschcke
But it was found (Bridges and Sturtevant, 1914) that viability was so erratic that coefficients might mislead.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
Competition among larv was found to be the chief factor in viability.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
Its viability has always been very poor; in this respect it is one of the very poorest of the sex-linked characters.
Sex-linked Inheritance in DrosophilaThomas Hunt Morgan
Sodium chloride, in the absence of hypochlorites, was found to have no influence upon the viability of B. coli in water.
Chlorination of WaterJoseph Race