Tractability

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness. countable, uncountable

    "At the expense of some realism, these simplifying assumptions afford a great deal of tractability, which allows us to make clear statements about optimal policy."

  2. 2
    the trait of being easily persuaded wordnet

Example

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"At the expense of some realism, these simplifying assumptions afford a great deal of tractability, which allows us to make clear statements about optimal policy."

Etymology

From tractable + -ity, from Latin tractabilitas.

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