Definition of Decidable

1. a. Capable of being decided; determinable.

Definition of Decidable

1. Adjective. capable of being decided. ¹

2. Adjective. (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. ¹

3. Adjective. (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 \vee \neg P . ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decidable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decidable

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Literary usage of Decidable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preparing for Graduate School Examinations in Computer Science by Christopher Scaffidi (2005)
"Choices B and C are not decidable because a context-free grammar can be used to ... Consequently, if either of these were decidable, it would be feasible to ..."

2. The Religion of Protestants a Safeway to Salvation. by William Chillingworth (1854)
"Your negative conclusion, therefore, that these " questions touching Scripture are not decidable by Scripture," you needed not have cited any authorities ..."

3. The Works of Wm. Chillingworth by William Chillingworth (1820)
"... and which not; are not to be determined by Scripture, and therefore that all controversies of religion are not decidable by Scripture. 27. ..."

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