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tractable

[trak-tuh-buhl]

adjective

  1. easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding.

    a tractable child; a tractable disposition.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms:
  2. easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.



tractable

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adjective

  1. easily controlled or persuaded

  2. readily worked; malleable

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • tractability noun
  • tractableness noun
  • tractably adverb
  • nontractability noun
  • nontractable adjective
  • nontractableness noun
  • nontractably adverb
  • untractability noun
  • untractable adjective
  • untractableness noun
  • untractably adverb
  • ËŒ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù²¹Ëˆ²ú¾±±ô¾±³Ù²â noun
  • ˈ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³Ù²¹²ú±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of tractable1

1495–1505; < Latin ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³ÙÄå²ú¾±±ô¾±²õ, equivalent to ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³ÙÄå ( re ) to handle, deal with (frequentative of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of tractable1

C16: from Latin ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³ÙÄåbilis , from ³Ù°ù²¹³¦³ÙÄåre to manage, from trahere to draw
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“Social media is the problem, and it’s really the algorithms†provides a very simple and tractable solution, which is that you fix the algorithms.

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While this makes the problem mathematically tractable, it raises the obvious question -- is it true?

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Hardiman writes that Joyce was a “tractable and ingenious†craftsman who quickly became adept in soldering, casting, inlaying and many other skills required of a medieval jeweler.

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One could use this method to obtain an optimal solution more quickly or, for especially complex problems, a better solution in a tractable amount of time.

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The authors suggest that deciding on a tractable size for prescribed burns, and predicting the characteristic results, could be aided by looking at the data on medium-sized fires in each vegetation type.

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