Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Decidable

De-cid′a-ble

,
Adj.
Capable of being decided; determinable.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decidable

DECI'DABLE

,
Adj.
That may be decided.

Definition 2024


decidable

decidable

See also: décidable

English

Adjective

decidable (comparative more decidable, superlative most decidable)

  1. capable of being decided.
  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.
    It is easy to show that the set of even numbers is decidable by creating the relevant Turing machine.
  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: .[1]

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

  1. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-intuitionistic/