'Practicableness' definitions:
Definition of 'practicableness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being usable [syn: practicability, practicableness] [ant: impracticability, impracticableness]
Definition of 'Practicableness'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. [1913 Webster]
- Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] -- {Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {Prac"ti*ca*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Practicableness'
- Practic,
- Practicability,
- Practicable,
- Practicably,
- Practical,
- Practicality,
- Practicalize,
- Practically,
- Practicalness,
- Practice,
- Practiced,
- Practicer,
- Practicing,
- in practice,
- out of practice,
- Chamber practice,
- Practicable breach,
- Practical chemistry,
- Practical joke,
- Sharp practice,
- dental practice,
- family practice,
- for all practical purposes,
- group practice,
- law practice,
- medical practice,
- practical application,
- practical joker,
- practical nurse,
- practical politics,
- practice bundling,
- practice game,
- practice of law,
- practice of medicine,
- practice range,
- practice session,
- practice teacher,
- private practice,
- sexual practice,
- skull practice,
- target practice,
- licensed practical nurse