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Meanings of tenability in English

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sensatesa

The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person.

sensatesa
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Examples for "reasonableness"
Examples for "reasonableness"
1
The Samoan question; furor consularis; missionary squabbles; reasonableness of Minister von Bulow.
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2
2
Expressing one's view is well within the bounds of reasonableness, Johnson said.
Reuters
3
Mr. and Mrs. Canary at first scouted the reasonableness of the idea.
Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp; Or, The Mystery of Ida Bellethorn...
4
There is a certain reasonableness in the schemes of every comic opera.
Gossamer
5
Erasmus was no longer listened to; he was reviled for his reasonableness.
Crome Yellow
1
What then is to be said of the tenableness of such a position?
On Compromise
Usage of tenability in English
1
Semiconductor laser devices are readily available and practical radiation sources providing wavelength tenability and high monochromaticity.
Pubmed
2
He went further than Mr Collins and suggested that the tenability of the commissioner was now in question.
The Irish Times
3
The merit of his studies was at once recognized, but the tenability of his hypothesis was long and ardently disputed.
A History of Science — Volume 3
4
We use the proposed sensitivity analysis procedure to systematically investigate the tenability of the non-ignorable missing at random (NMAR) assumption.
Pubmed
5
Prout advanced this startling idea at first tentatively, in an anonymous publication; but afterwards he espoused it openly and urged its tenability.
A History of Science — Volume 4
6
All that I am doing is to use its logical tenability as a help in the analysis of what occurs when we remember.
The Analysis of Mind
Translations for tenability
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