amenable

  • 21amenable — [ə mi:nəb(ə)l] adjective 1》 easily influenced or controlled. 2》 (amenable to) capable of being treated in a particular way. Derivatives amenability noun amenably adverb Origin C16 (in the sense liable to answer to a law or tribunal ): from OFr.… …

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  • 22amenable — adjective willing to listen or to do something (+ to): I m sure they ll be amenable to rational argument …

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  • 23amenable to law — index justiciable, permissible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24amenable to measurement — index determinable (ascertainable) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25amenable to reason — index reasonable (rational) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26Amenable group — In mathematics, an amenable group is a locally compact topological group G carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under left (or right) translation by group elements. The original definition, in terms of a… …

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  • 27Amenable Banach algebra — A Banach algebra, A , is amenable if all bounded derivations from A into dual Banach A bimodules are inner (that is of the form amapsto a.x x.a for some x in the dual module).An equivalent characterization is that A is amenable if and only if it… …

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  • 28Amenable number — An amenable number is an integer for which there exists a multiset of as many integers as the original number that can be either added up or multiplied together to give the original number. To put it algebraically, for an integer n , there is a… …

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  • 29amenable — adjective /əˈmiːnəbl/ a) Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions. b) Willing to comply with; agreeable. Ant: unamenable …

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  • 30amenable — Synonyms and related words: accessible, accommodating, accountable, acquiescent, adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, advance, agreeable, alacritous, ameliorate, amend, answerable, ardent, better, biddable, chargeable, compliant, consenting …

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