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Definition of Practicable

Practicable
Practicable Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. [LL. practicare to act, transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable, pratiquer to practice. See Practical.] 1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good. 2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party. Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want of the means requisite to its performance. -- Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.

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- ALARP ("as low as reasonably practicable"), or ALARA ("as low as reasonably achievable"), is a principle in the regulation and management of safety-critical...
- far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health; Arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence...
- The Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) is the idea that there is a unique, supremely beneficial—or least environmentally damaging—method of...
- process, such as pollution abatement. Similar terms are best practicable means or best practicable environmental option. BAT is a moving target on practices...
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- non-metropolitan. The historic county boundaries were retained wherever it was practicable. However, some of the counties established by the Act were entirely new...
- (the temperature of the ideally coldest possible body) by any finite practicable process; this is a consequence of the third law of thermodynamics. The...
- allotted to each State and the po****tion of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States. Out of the maximum permitted strength, Not...
- Conflicts in the European Union: On finding a politically acceptable and practicable solution for EU institutions that satisfies diverging interests". International...