# tractable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/ · frequency rank #74,591

## Definitions
1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
2. Easy to deal with or manage.
3. Capable of being shaped; malleable.
4. Capable of being handled or touched.
5. Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
6. Algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.

## Etymology
From Middle English tractable, tractabel, from Latin tractābilis (“that may be touched, handled, or managed”), from tractō (“take in hand, handle, manage”), frequentative of trahō (“draw”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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