Practicability

Definition: Practicability

Practicability

Noun

1. The quality of being usable.

Date "practicability" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references)

Domain	Definition
Chemistry	A non-standard characteristic of an analytical procedure. It is dependent on the scope of the method and is determined by requirements such as sample throughout and costs. For reference methods, most aspects of practicability are of minor significance compared with the other criteria defined in this document. It is usually suffiicient that the required reagents and equipment are commercially available. Source: European Union. (references)
Transportation	Of road. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Practicability

Synonym: practicableness (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: traffic condition (transportation).

Antonym: impracticability (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Possibility	Practicability, feasibility; practicableness; Adjective:
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Practicability

Specialty definitions using "practicability": Feasibility Studies ♦ INSPECTOR, MATERIAL DISPOSITION ♦ MONROE ♦ Population Surveillance ♦ SALES ENGINEER, system integration ♦ Treatment Outcome. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Narrative of a journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon: undertaken with a view of ascertaining the practicability of a navigable communication with the Atlantic, by the rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon (reference) A portraiture of domestic slavery, in the United States: with reflections on the practicability of restoring the moral rights of the slave, without impairing the legal privileges of the possessor; and a project of a colonial asylum for free persons of col (reference) An inquiry concerning the nature, end, and practicability of a course of philosophical education, to which is subjoined a moral catechism (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Honduras	U.S. franchisers, however, must ascertain the basic practicability of transporting their business system to Honduras by engaging in a thorough market research study before expanding locally. (references)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The event of the existing crisis will be decisive in the opinion of mankind of the practicability of our federal system of government.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Practicability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Practicability" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	35	58,339

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "practicability": economic-practicability.
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Language		Translations for "practicability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zbatueshmëri (viability), kalueshmëri (negotiability). (various references)

Arabic		‏العملية (operation, procedure), ‏الإ جرائية. (various references)

Bulgarian		осъществимост, проходимост (negotiability), приложимост (adaptability, feasibility, latitude, relevance, relevancy, viability), изпълнимост (feasibility), използваемост. (various references)

Chinese		可实行性. (various references)

Czech		proveditelnost (feasibility, viability), použitelnost (availability). (various references)

Farsi		عملی بودن . (various references)

French		praticabilité. (various references)

German		durchführbarkeit (actability, feasibility, operability, practicality, viability, workability). (various references)

Greek		κατορθωτό (feasibility), εφικτό. (various references)

Hebrew		ממשיות (feasibility), מעשיות (feasibility, practicalness). (various references)

Hungarian		megvalósíthatóság (feasibility, manageability, manageableness). (various references)

Indonesian		kepraktisan. (various references)

Italian		praticabilit� (feasibility). (various references)

Manx		yn-jeantaght. (various references)

Pig Latin		acticabilitypray

Portuguese		praticabilidade, viabilidade (availability, feasibility), exequibilidade (feasibility). (various references)

Romanian		posibilitate de realizare (manageability), aplicabilitate (application). (various references)

Russian		осуществимость (feasibility), проходимость (cross-country ability, negotiability). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		izvodljivost (feasibility). (various references)

Spanish		practicabilidad (feasibility), factibilidad (feasibility, practicality). (various references)

Swedish		genomgörbarhet, görlighet, farbarhet. (various references)

Turkish		pratiklik (gumption, practicality), kullanışlılık (practicality, usefulness). (various references)

Ukrainian		здійсненність (feasibility), прохідність (negotiability, passability, permeability), практичність (practicality, pragmatism, shrewdness). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính thực hiện được (practicableness), tính thực h� nh được tình trạng dùng được (practicableness), tính l� m được (practicableness), tình trạng đi được (practicableness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "practicability": impracticability. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "practicability" (pronounced 'Prac"ti*ca*bil"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-i-i-i-l-p-r-t-t-y"
	-2 letters: practicality.
	-3 letters: criticality, partibility, practicably.
	-4 letters: actability, capability, partiality, triplicity.
	-5 letters: arability, bicipital, catalytic, paralytic, piratical, practical, tractably.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-i-i-i-l-p-r-t-t-y"
	+2 letters: impracticability.
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