- viability
- noun /ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪti/
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.
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viability — UK US /ˌvaɪəˈbɪləti/ noun [U] ► the degree of chance that something will succeed: the viability of sth »Her role was to assess the viability of investment options overseas. commercial/economic/financial viability »This year will serve as an… … Financial and business terms
Viability — Vi a*bil i*ty, n. The quality or state of being viable. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) (Law) The capacity of living after birth. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] (b) The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
viability — viability. См. жизнеспособность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
viability — index feasibility, possibility Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Viability — Viable or viability is the ability of a thing (a living organism, an artificial system, an idea, etc.) to maintain itself or recover its potentialities. Viable or viability may also refer to: Viability (fetal), the ability of a fetus to survive… … Wikipedia
viability — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ continued, future, long term ▪ She is very negative about the long term viability of the project. ▪ commercial, economic, financial, political … Collocations dictionary
viability — Capability of living. A term used to denote the power a new born child possesses of continuing its independent existence. That stage of fetal development when the life of the unborn child may be continued indefinitely outside the womb by natural… … Black's law dictionary
viability — viable ► ADJECTIVE 1) capable of working successfully; feasible. 2) Biology (of a plant, animal, or cell) capable of surviving or living successfully. DERIVATIVES viability noun viably adverb. ORIGIN French, from vie life … English terms dictionary
viability test — Test to determine the proportion of living individuals, cells or organisms, in a sample. Viability tests are most commonly performed on cultured cells and usually depend on the ability of living cells to exclude a dye, (an exclusion test), or to… … Dictionary of molecular biology
viability mutation — gyvybingoji mutacija statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Mutacija, kurios vykimas sunkiai pastebimas, o mutantai pasižymi pakitusiu gyvybingumu. atitikmenys: angl. viability mutation rus. мутация жизнеспособности … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
