"decidable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: [dɪˈsaɪdəbəɫ] [UK] Audio: en-us-decidable.ogg [US] Forms: more decidable [comparative], most decidable [superlative]
Etymology: decide + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|decide|able}} decide + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} decidable (comparative more decidable, superlative most decidable)
  1. capable of being decided. Translations (capable of being decided): rozhodnutelný [masculine] (Czech), ratkaistavissa oleva (Finnish), entscheidbar (German), decidible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-decidable-en-adj-2Ji32zBb Disambiguation of 'capable of being decided': 95 2 3
  2. (computer science) describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time. Categories (topical): Computer science Translations (computer science: describing a set): ratkaistavissa oleva (Finnish), entscheidbar (German), כריע (karí'a) (Hebrew), decidabil (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-decidable-en-adj-n8wFfo~U Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'computer science: describing a set': 3 63 35
  3. (logic) in intuitionistic logic, a proposition P is decidable in a given theory if it can be proven from the theory that "either P or not P", i.e. in symbols: P∨¬P. Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-decidable-en-adj-YHA5YYii Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 42 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 13 30 57 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: recursive [science, sciences, computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], computable [science, sciences, computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Derived forms: semi-decidable Related terms: decidability

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