Timeline for "Feasible", "possible" or "potential" solution
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| Jul 15, 2015 at 12:47 | answer | added | Timothy Bostick | timeline score: -1 | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 12:55 | comment | added | Hot Licks | But for your voltage patterns, "possible" is the proper term. I'd explain it further, but it's time for breakfast. | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 12:53 | comment | added | Hot Licks | When used to describe "solution", "potential" and "possible" mean essentially the same thing. "Feasible", however, means that the potential solution passes a "test" for actually being able to be implemented (though of course this "test" is in the mind of the speaker). In other contexts (getting on a train, eg) "possible" carries the same connotation as "feasible" but not when used in to describe "solution". With "solution" "possible" means the same as "potential" -- worth considering but not necessarily "feasible". | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 8:43 | vote | accept | orestis21 | ||
| Feb 10, 2015 at 19:27 | answer | added | WhatRoughBeast | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 16:26 | answer | added | Misti | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 16:03 | comment | added | anemone | @orestis21 - Yes, thanks. I'm aware of the problem (though I'm sceptical about linguistic analysis being useful). My comment pertained to the fact that, in this particular case, 'feasible' is a very good choice. Which does not disqualify the other options. | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 15:58 | comment | added | orestis21 | @anemone This also shows the controversy. In the first paragraph of the wikipedia link you posted there are the terms feasible region, possible points and candidate solutions. Therefore, I think that a linguistic approach might give a better insight in the meaning of the different adjectives. | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 15:58 | answer | added | djna | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 15:51 | comment | added | anemone | 'Feasible' is a terminus technicus for optimization problems en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feasible_region | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 15:38 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Yes, I'd use possible here. Feasible has the main sense 'that we can sensibly achieve' ('possible and practical to do easily or conveniently' according to Google D) and potential 'that may [well] arise' (whereas you will probably be selecting voltage patterns). And 'potential voltage' is best avoided for obvious reasons. | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 15:31 | comment | added | Armen Ծիրունյան | Potential and feasible don't sound right in this context. Possible and applicable work for me. Disclaimer: non-native speaker. | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 15:30 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | If words are synonyms, they are interchangeable in some sentences (with no significant change in the meaning of the sentence). Very, very rarely all. | |
| Feb 10, 2015 at 15:28 | history | asked | orestis21 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |