satisfiable
/'sætisfaiəbl/
Definition
Adjective: - Capable of being satisfied or fulfilled: Describes something (like a need, desire, or condition) that can be met, appeased, or contented.
Usage and Examples
The adjective "satisfiable" is used to describe requirements, demands, or appetites that can be fulfilled. - The customer's request for a refund was satisfiable under the store's policy. - A basic human need like hunger is satisfiable, but greed often is not. - The software checks if all satisfiable conditions are met before proceeding.
Advanced Usage
- In Logic and Computing: In formal logic and computer science, a set of constraints or a Boolean formula is described as "satisfiable" if there exists at least one assignment of values that makes it true.
- The theorem prover's job is to determine if the logical statement is satisfiable.
Variants and Related Words
- Satisfy (verb): To meet the needs, expectations, or desires of someone; to fulfill a condition.
- Satisfaction (noun): The feeling of pleasure or fulfillment when a need or desire is met.
- Satiable (adjective): A less common synonym, specifically meaning capable of being appeased or sated (often used for hunger or thirst).
- Unsatisfiable (adjective): Incapable of being satisfied or fulfilled.
Synonyms
- Fulfillable
- Gratifiable
- Meetable
- Appeasable
Antonyms
- Insatiable
- Unsatisfiable
- Unquenchable (often for thirst or desire)
Adjective
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capable of being sated
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a satiable thirst
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a satiable appetite
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