solvable UK /ˈsɒlvəbəl/US /ˈsɑlvəbəl/ adjective8 •Capable of being solved.Intellective Memory, which I call an act of the intellective faculty because it is wrought by it, though I do not inquire how or where, because it is not solvible: — 1677 •Having a Galois group which is solvable. •Such that the set of inputs for which the answer is yes is recursively enumerable. •Having terminating derived series; see Solvable group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia •Having terminating derived series (this is a distinct notion from the derived series of a group); see Solvable Lie algebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia •(no longer used) Able to pay one's debts.[…] although imprisonment was imposed by law on persons not solvable, yet officers were unwilling to cast them into goale, — 1655 •(no longer used) Capable of being dissolved or liquefied.[…] they administer Pearles, and Corrals being beaten to dust or dissolved in distilled vinegar, or the juice of limons, and again dryed, and solvable in any potable liquour: — 1664 •(no longer used, rare) Capable of being paid and discharged.