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survivable, a.|səˈvaɪvəb(ə)l|
[f. survive + -able.]
1. Capable of surviving.
187919th Cent. Oct. 597 Conditions upon which..[we] can continue to live and to leave a survivable posterity. 1973Washington Post 13 Jan. a23/3 The only survivable..nuclear deterrent forces. 1982Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 5/1 The sinking of the destroyer Sheffield, 3,500 tons, and of the Atlantic Conveyor, 14,946 tons, by Exocet missiles was seen by some as evidence ‘that large surface ships are not survivable, or at least not in a cost effective manner’.
2. Capable of being survived (esp. of an accident); not fatal.
1961in Webster. 1967Times Rev. Industry Feb. 38/3 The attitude to safety in survivable accidents, while officially condoned, is indefensible. 1981Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Oct. 963/1 The suggestion that a nuclear war may be survivable. 1982Observer 14 Mar. 5/1 The report..published by the United States Transportation Safety Board in Washington..defines a ‘survivable’ accident as one in which the forces exerted on passengers do not exceed the limits of human tolerance and in which the aircraft structure remains substantially intact.
Hence survivaˈbility, capability of surviving; now esp., ability to survive military attack.
18..N.Y. Reports XCIX. 260 (Cent. Dict.) It must be held that these rules still determine the survivability of actions for tort. 1964Financial Times (Defence Survey) 23 Mar. 21/4 The solid fuel missile..which, when widely dispersed in underground silos.., offers reasonable survivability against any first strike. 1972Sci. Amer. July 14/2 Methods of anti-submarine warfare that might eventually threaten the survivability of missile-launching submarines. 1976Ibid. July 64/1 (Advt.), Computer-aided design is used to model..helicopter ‘survivability’ under the most turbulent conditions. 1980D. Bloodworth Trapdoor xi. 62 This..Airborne Command Post is designed to improve communications and so increase survivability in case of sudden nuclear attack. 1981Times 28 Feb. 15/3, I suggest that..the overriding problem is the flammability of aircraft fuel. If we can reduce this, many of the survivability problems will diminish. |