viable
adj.
capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding, practical; having the ability to survive outside the uterus (of a fetus)
Viability
Viability means in general "capacity for survival" and is more specifically used to mean a capacity for living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions. The word is especially used in the following contexts:
pregnancy, viability refers to either:an early stage pregnancy that has a chance of reaching full-term and a live birth (as opposed to, for example, an
ectopic pregnancy); orthe shortest length of pregnancy after which a child
born prematurely has a chance of survival. Generally, this ranges from 20-27 weeks.
environmental conservation, viability indicates the ability of a conservation target to persist for many generations or over long time periods.
experimental biology, viability of
cells and
tissues refers to the extent to which those
cells and
tissues are
living.
natural selection, the fraction of individuals that survive to a given age.
economic development, viability indicates the ability of benefits to cover costs in development projects.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
viable
adj.
viable, capable of living; having a reasonable chance of succeeding, practical; having the ability to survive outside the uterus (of a fetus)
viable
adj.
viable, capable of living
Viable
(a.)
Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About