Definition of Practicableness. Meaning of Practicableness. Synonyms of Practicableness

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Definition of Practicableness

Practicableness
Practicable Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. [LL. practicare to act, transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable, pratiquer to practice. See Practical.] 1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good. 2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party. Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want of the means requisite to its performance. -- Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.

Meaning of Practicableness from wikipedia

- article on "practicable", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "practicable" You can also: Search for Practicable in Wikipedia...
- As low as reasonably practicable (ALARP), or as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), is a principle in the regulation and management of safety-critical...
- The Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) is the idea that there is a unique, supremely beneficial—or least environmentally damaging—method of...
- process, such as pollution abatement. Similar terms are best practicable means or best practicable environmental option. BAT is a moving target on practices...
- far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health; Arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence...
- children away from the danger area, but for obvious reasons, it was not practicable to alert all staff to the possibility of an attack." After three months...
- Authorization Act called for expanding the naval fleet to 355 ships "as soon as practicable", but did not establish additional funding nor a timeline. The U.S. Navy...
- the relevant standard. In some cases where a hydrostatic test is not practicable a pneumatic pressure test may be an acceptable alternative. Testing of...
- federal crimes to "a facility as close as practicable to the prisoner's primary residence, and to the extent practicable, in a facility within 500 driving miles...
- professional and liberal education, proposing that: The true and only practicable object of a polytechnic school is, as I conceive, the teaching, not of...