viable

  • 31VIABLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Médec. légale. Qui est assez fort, dont les organes sont assez bien conformés pour faire espérer qu il vivra. Un enfant né avant le septième mois n est pas viable …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 32viable — See viable, workable …

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  • 33viable —  does not mean feasible or promising, senses in which it is frequently used. It means capable of independent existence. A fetus is viable if it can live outside the womb …

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  • 34viable — adjective it doesn t sound like a viable solution Syn: feasible, workable, practicable, practical, usable, possible, realistic, achievable, attainable, realizable; informal doable Ant: impracticable …

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  • 35viable — / vaɪəb(ə)l/ adjective which can work in practice ♦ not commercially viable not likely to make a profit …

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  • 36viable — / vaɪəb(ə)l/ adjective which can work in practice ♦ not commercially viable not likely to make a profit …

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  • 37viable — Livable; having the appearance of being able to live; capable of life. This term is applied to a newlyborn infant, and especially to one prematurely born, which is not only born alive, but in such a state of organic development as to make… …

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  • 38Viable System Model — The Viable Systems Model, or VSM is a model of the organisational structure of any viable or autonomous system. A viable system is any system organised in such a way as to meet the demands of surviving in the changing environment. One of the… …

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  • 39Viable System Model — Das Viable System Model (VSM, dt. das lebensfähige System) wurde 1959 von Stafford Beer in seinem Buch Kybernetik und Management erstmals formuliert. Es dient als Referenzmodell zur Beschreibung, Diagnose und Gestaltung des Managements von… …

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  • 40viable, workable — These words refer to the ease with which, or likelihood that, something can be done. Viable means capable of living, physically fitted to live, but by extension has come to mean able or likely to produce continued success or effectiveness and is… …

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