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nonrealizable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English realize Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English realizable English nonrealizable From non- + realizable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not realizable.
  2. (not-comparable) That cannot be constructed or represented within a specific mathematical framework or system.
    • It should be clear that the parallel structure makes the function nonrealizable, since it is not possible to pass a plane through an n-cube which will dichotomize the function. 2013 October 22, Julius T. Tou, Applied Automata Theory, Academic Press, page 297:
    • The term repetition, as applied tp an event of nature, is clearly ideal and nonrealizable in any concrete case, like the term equality and the term circle. No two concrete objects in nature ever ideally equal in every respect. 1883, Science, volume 120, American Association for the Advancement of Science:
    • This method appears promissing for on-line identification, and it appears to be emminently satisfactory for off-line use, where physically nonrealizable filter characteristics can be simulated to permit identification rates which approach the maximum. 1971 June 26, James L Melsa, System Identification, Academic Press, page 31: