practicability

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of being feasible, workable, or capable of being put into practice

   The engineers questioned the practicability of repairing the bridge without closing it.

Formed from practicable + -ity. Practicable was borrowed from Latin practicabilis, partly through Middle French praticable, and ultimately relates to Greek praktikos ("fit for action"). Practicability therefore asks whether an idea can actually be carried out.

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