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vi·a·ble

(vī′ə-bəl)

adj.

1. Capable of success or continuing effectiveness; practicable: a viable plan; a viable national economy. See Synonyms at possible.

a. Capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions: viable spores.

b. Capable of living outside the uterus. Used of a fetus or newborn.

[French, from vie, life, from Old French, from Latin vīta; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

vi′a·bil′i·ty n.

vi′a·bly adv.

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Noun	1.	viability - (of living things) capable of normal growth and development animate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entity property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
	2.	viability - capable of being done in a practical and useful way practicality - concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

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viability

[ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → viabilidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

viability

[ˌvaɪəˈbɪləti] n → viabilité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

viability

(of life forms) → Lebensfähigkeit f

(of plan, project) → Durchführbarkeit f, → Realisierbarkeit f; (of firm) → Rentabilität f; the viability of the EC → die Lebens- or Existenzfähigkeit der EG

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

viability

[ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → attuabilità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

vi·a·bil·i·ty

n. cualidad de ser viable.

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