Viability

[,vaɪə'bɪlətɪ] or [,vaɪə'bɪləti]

(noun.) (of living things) capable of normal growth and development.

(noun.) capable of being done in a practical and useful way.

Typed by Justine--From WordNet

(n.) The quality or state of being viable.

(n.) The capacity of living after birth.

(n.) The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species.

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