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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

/ ˈٰæəə /

adjective

  1. easily controlled or persuaded
  2. readily worked; malleable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٰٲˈٲ, noun
  • ˈٰٲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰt·i·ٲ ٰt··Ա noun
  • ٰt· adverb
  • ԴDzt·ٲ·i·ٲ noun
  • ԴDz·ٰt· adjective
  • non·ٰt··Ա noun
  • non·ٰt· adverb
  • ܲt·ٲ·i·ٲ noun
  • ܲ·ٰt· adjective
  • un·ٰt··Ա noun
  • un·ٰt· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tractable1

1495–1505; < Latin ٰ, equivalent to ٰ ( re ) to handle, deal with (frequentative of trahere to draw) + -bilis -ble
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tractable1

C16: from Latin ٰbilis , from ٰre 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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