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solvable

/ˈsɒlvəbəl/US/ˈsɑlvəbəl/

solvable adjective: capable of being solved.

Adjective

solvable

  1. Capable of being solved.
    • a solvable problem
    • Intellective Memory, which I call an act of the intellective faculty because it is wrought by it, though I do not inquire how or where, because it is not solvible:1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, London: William Shrowsbery, “De homine,” Chapter 2, p. 56
    Synonyms:
    soluble
    1. Having terminating derived series; see Solvable group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    2. (Galois theory) Having a Galois group which is solvable.
    3. (Lie theory) Having terminating derived series (this is a distinct notion from the derived series of a group); see Solvable Lie algebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    4. Such that the set of inputs for which the answer is yes is recursively enumerable.
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being dissolved or liquefied.
    • […] they administer Pearles, and Corrals being beaten to dust or dissolved in distilled vinegar, or the juice of limons, and again dryed, and solvable in any potable liquour:1664, John Chandler (translator), Van Helmont’s Works, London: Lodowick Lloyd, A Treatise of Fevers, Chapter 8, p. 971
    Synonyms:
    soluble
  3. (obsolete) Able to pay one's debts.
    • […] although imprisonment was imposed by law on persons not solvable, yet officers were unwilling to cast them into goale,1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section 4”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI), page 131
    • The Government is solvable in case of Loss, whereas private Men often fail;1703, John Dennis, A Proposal for Putting a Speedy End to the War, London: Daniel Brown and Andrew Bell, page 19
    Synonyms:
    solvent
  4. (obsolete, rare) Capable of being paid and discharged.
    • solvable obligations

solvable meaning in Bengali and Kannada

solvable in Bengali

সমাধানযোগ্য

solvable in Kannada

ಕರಗುವ

Examples of solvable in a sentence

  • Questions of this Nature may be easily solvable in the simple Cases.1732, Henry Home, Lord Kames, “Beneficium cedendarum actionum”, in Essays upon Several Subjects in Law, Edinburgh, page 19:
  • His occult breathings to her might be solvable by his course in that respect.1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 17, in The Mayor of Casterbridge, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder, page 211:
  • This is a mystery that is solvable with a phone call.2010, Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question, New York: Bloomsbury, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 97:

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Forms of solvable

alternative form (obsolete)solvible

Origin of solvable

From solve + -able. Piecewise doublet of soluble. More information The mathematical senses derive from Galois theory: Galois discovered that one could determine whether a given polynomial could be solved by radicals by studying the properties of a particular group attached to a particular field extension deriving from the polynomial in question; if the group satisfies some conditions then polynomial can be solved by radicals. Any group meeting these conditions — whether or not it arises from this process — is thus called solvable, as is any field extension giving rise to such a group. The Lie-theoretic sense is by analogy, the study of Lie algebras deriving much of its terminology from group theory. In regular use by the late 19th century.

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Questions about solvable

What does solvable mean?
Solvable means capable of being solved.
What is solvable in Bengali?
Solvable in Bengali is সমাধানযোগ্য. See Solvable meaning in Bengali.
How do you use solvable in a sentence?
Questions of this Nature may be easily solvable in the simple Cases.
What part of speech is solvable?
Solvable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce solvable?
Solvable is pronounced /ˈsɒlvəbəl/ (UK).

Words near solvable in the dictionary

  1. Solutrean
  2. Solutreans
  3. Solva
  4. solvabilities
  5. solvability
  6. solvable
  7. solvable group
  8. solvable groups
  9. solvableness
  10. Solvang
  11. solvate

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