Dictionary

viability en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪti/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English viable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English viability From viable + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.
   • 1904, Hugo DeVries, Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Ordinarily these altered organs are sterile, but in some instances a very small quantity of seed is produced, and when testing their viability I succeeded in raising a few plants from them.
   • 1980, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address In making its grants the Endowment will increase its emphasis on techniques which stimulate support for the humanities from non-Federal sources, in order to reinforce our tradition of private philanthropy in this field, and to insure and expand the financial, viability of our cultural institutions and life.
   • Dr. Weber and her colleagues are the latest custodians of the Beal seed viability experiment: a multicentury attempt to figure out how long seeds can lie dormant in the soil without losing their ability to germinate. 2021 April 21, Cara Giaimo, “One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

inviability · unviability · nonviability · neuroviability

Translations (24)

fi toteuttamiskelpoisuus (property of being viable) · pt viabilidade (property of being viable) · sv livsduglighet (property of being viable) · de Lebensfähigkeit (property of being viable) · gv yn-veaghey (property of being viable) · it fattibilità (property of being viable) · cs životaschopnost (property of being viable) · cmn 生存能力 (property of being viable) · bg жизнеспосо́бност (property of being viable) · cmn 可行性 (property of being viable) · fr viabilité (property of being viable) · ca viabilitat (property of being viable) · de Viabilität (property of being viable) · it vitalità (property of being viable) · wa vicansté (property of being viable) · de Gangbarkeit (property of being viable) · ru жизнеспосо́бность (property of being viable) · ko 생존능력 (property of being viable) · de Überlebensfähigkeit (property of being viable) · tr yaşanabilirlik (property of being viable) · de Entwicklungsfähigkeit (property of being viable) · es viabilidad (property of being viable) · it vivibilità (property of being viable) · nl levensvatbaarheid (property of being viable)