Associations to the word «Tractable»

Wiktionary

TRACTABLE, adjective. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable.
TRACTABLE, adjective. Capable of being shaped; malleable.
TRACTABLE, adjective. (obsolete) Capable of being handled or touched; palpable; practicable; feasible; serviceable.
TRACTABLE, adjective. (mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
TRACTABLE, adjective. (computer science) Of a decision problem, algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time.

Dictionary definition

TRACTABLE, adjective. Easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler.
TRACTABLE, adjective. Readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn