Dictionary
vi•a•ble
Pronunciation: (vī'u-bul), [key]—
adj.
1. capable of living.
2. Physiol.
a. physically fitted to live.
b. (of a fetus) having reached such a stage of development as to be capable of living, under normal conditions, outside the uterus.
3. Bot.able to live and grow.
4. vivid; real; stimulating, as to the intellect, imagination, or senses:
a period of history that few teachers can make viable for students.
5. practicable; workable:
a viable alternative.
6. having the ability to grow, expand, develop, etc.:
a new and viable country. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.