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workability

workability

1 4.8
How well a plan or idea can be used in real life
  • noun
  • /ˌwɜrkəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : viabilidad
  • The document presented experimental and theoretical data essentially substantiating the project's workability.

Examples

  • The mixing process was reasonably successful, and the fresh mixture provided desired workability characteristics.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In addition, self-consolidating concrete, HPC, and/or ultra HPC may be considered to increase the workability and durability.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Though workability is not directly investigated by this experimental program, it is of practical interest to the concrete construction industry.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The students used the engineering results to assess the workability of their ideas and to justify telescope size and exposure time.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Conditions and characteristics unique to Cuba currently inhibit the workability of commercial engagement.

    Academic text (1997)
  • However, mixtures with limestone and quartz replacement showed enhanced workability and followability.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Several research studies pointed out that fiber factor suggests better correlations between fiber performance, workability, and hardened characteristics of FRCMs.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The fresh mixture workability was assessed using the flow table test per ASTM C124 and slump test per ASTM C143.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Khayat et al. evaluated the effect of various fiber types and contents on the workability of fiber-reinforced self-consolidating concrete (FRSCC).

    Academic text (2016)
  • The engineer tested the workability of the new design by simulating its application in real-life scenarios.

Synonyms

viability
vsworkability
28 4.7

How well something can work in real life

emphasizes the degree aspect of successful practical implementation
practicality
vsworkability
26 3.9

Being useful and likely to work well in real situations

is about the degree it can be put into practice successfully
feasibility
vsworkability
18 4.5

How possible something is to do, like a plan or idea

stresses the degree of successful putting into practice rather than ease
practicability
vsworkability
1 5.9

Ability to be used successfully

focuses on the degree of successful application rather than general use
doability
vsworkability
1 4.9

How possible something is to do

adds the idea of measuring degrees of successful application rather than mere possibility
achievability
vsworkability
1 5.1

How possible it is to reach or complete something

is more about successful practical implementation degree than mere attainment
practicableness
vsworkability
8.4

The quality of being possible to do in real life

measures how much it can be successfully put into practice
feasibleness
vsworkability
6.4

How possible it is to do something

measures how well that possibility leads to successful application
realizability
vsworkability
  • US
7.0

The possibility of making a plan or idea real

focuses on the likelihood of successful implementation rather than just becoming real

Antonyms

Not able to produce the result you want

A situation when something cannot work well in everyday life

How Workable

feasibility
18 4.5
workability
1 4.8

Surface Forms

workability singular
workabilities plural

Morphology

workability = workable (transparent) = work + ity

Formed from 'work' -> 'workable' + '-ity'; the meaning 'degree to which something can be put into practice' follows directly from 'workable'.

Etymology

Workability is built from the simple parts work ('to do'), able ('can be done'), and the ending -ity ('state' or 'quality'), so it literally means 'the state of being able to be done', which is why we use it to talk about how well a plan or idea can be put into practice.