solvability

solvability

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English solvable
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English solvability

    From solvable + -ity.

    Noun

    solvability (countable and uncountable, plural solvabilities)

    1. Capability of being solved.
      • 1972, Richard Y Kain, Automata Theory: Machines and Languages:
        Many of the results listed in this table are the direct consequence of implications concerning the unsolvability or solvability of certain problems.
    2. The condition of being solvent; ability to pay debts; solvency.
      the solvability of a merchant

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