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viable

adj
/ˈvaɪəbəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).

  1. derived from viable

Definitions

  1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).

  2. Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.

    • a viable option

  3. Capable of working successfully

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Able to live and develop.

    2. An organism that is able to live and develop.

The neighborhood

Derived

minimal viable product, minimum viable product, nonviable, viability, viably

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at viable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01viable02practicable03function04official05authorized06authorize07sanction08approval09approve10prove

A definitional loop anchored at viable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at viable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA