Viability meaning

The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.
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Viability is defined as whether something is capable of growing, or something practical and able to be done.

Whether or not a fetus is able to live on its own outside of the womb is an example of the viability of the fetus.

Whether an idea is capable of being carried into fruition or not is an example of the viability of an idea.

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Origin of viability

  • viable + -ity
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Viability Sentence Examples

  • That said, my "end hunger" case doesn't hang on the viability of GM crops.

  • The increased economic viability of smaller countries.

  • A slight change in the structure or activity of a gland, by altering the internal secretion, may produce widespread alterations even in an adult organism; and we have good reason to suppose that, if compatible with viability, such minute changes would have even a greater ultimate effect if they occurred in an embryo.

  • Viability, by which are meant fecundity, longevity and vigour, was low in average.

  • abortion in the third trimester (that is after the point of viability outside the womb ).

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