1 that can be done; that will be successful:
a viable option / proposition * There is no viable alternative. * to be commercially / politically / financially / economically viable * If there was any delay then the rescue plan would cease to be viable.
2 (biology) capable of developing and surviving independently:
viable organisms
viability noun [U]:
commercial / economic / financial viability
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