computable

adjective

com·​put·​able kəm-ˈpyü-tə-bəl 

: capable of being computed

computability

kəm-ˌpyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Examples of computable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their deep understanding of the data's structure and constraints helps ensure new features are both meaningful and computable at scale. —Abdul Muqtadir Mohammed Zubair, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

The performance of the AI solution depends much more on the behaviors of users and changes to the work environment than on quantitative measures that are computable by an AI assurance laboratory. —Mark P. Sendak, STAT, 7 Feb. 2024

Gödel held out his recursive functions as eminently computable, and Ritchie showed that loop programs were just the right tools for that job. —IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2020

This, too, represents an eminently computable system, one that language models are well-suited to learn. —Rob Toews, Forbes, 16 July 2023

Hence, a computable function is a function that has a Turing machine to compute it. —Sheon Han, Quanta Magazine, 3 May 2023

Humans have these non-computable assets, including love, empathy and hope, for example….Ones that artificial intelligence will never understand. —Scott Whitlock, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023

The proof that the Kolmogorov complexity of a sequence is not computable is a bit technical. —Noson S. Yanofsky, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2018

Worse still, there are infinitely more noncomputable numbers than computable ones. —George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for computable

• mutable
• suitable
• disputable
• immutable
• imputable
• inscrutable
• unsuitable
• executable
• indisputable
• irrefutable
• substitutable