tractable
IPA: trˈæktʌbʌɫ
adjective
- (of people) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
- (of a problem) Easy to deal with or manage
- Capable of being shaped; malleable.
- (obsolete) Capable of being handled or touched.
- (mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
- (computer science, of a decision problem) Algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.
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Examples of "tractable" in Sentences
- Most dogs are more tractable than cats.
- It is much more tractable than the general categories.
- The criollo is tractable, intelligent, willing, and sensible.
- It is also handsome, sound, tractable, and definitely versatile.
- It is less sensitive to outliers, but less mathematically tractable.