tractable

  1. Adjective.  Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable.
  2. Adjective.  Capable of being shaped; malleable.
  3. Adjective.  (obsolete) Capable of being handled or touched; palpable; practicable; feasible; serviceable.(R:Webster 1913) .
  4. Adjective.  (mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
  5. Adjective.  (computer science) Of a decision problem, algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.

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