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traversable

/trəˈvɝː.sə.bəl/
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• adjective

1

Capable of being crossed, traveled over, or passed through.

Example

"Once the spring snowmelt subsided, the high mountain trail became safely traversable on foot."


2

Capable of being traversed along all edges or nodes without repetition, or of being systematically iterated through (in graph theory and computer science).

Example

"A connected graph is traversable if and only if it has at most two vertices of odd degree."


3

Subject to formal denial or contradiction in a legal pleading (in law).

Example

"Under traditional common-law pleading rules, only material allegations of fact were considered traversable."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Formed from the verb traverse and the suffix -able; traverse comes via Old French traverser from Late Latin transversare ('to cross or throw across'), derived from Latin trans- ('across') and vertere ('to turn').

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