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decidable

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Meaning

  1. adjective capable of being decided.
  2. adjective describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time.
    It is easy to show that the set of even numbers is decidable by creating the relevant Turing machine.
  3. adjective in intuitionistic logic, a proposition P is decidable in a given theory if it can be proven from the theory that "either P or not P", i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P.

Similar words

judicable decisory determinable determinizable decreeable adjudicable decisive adjudgeable votable conclusible

Often followed by

in for and by whether if set or on

Word family

decidability

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