explainable


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ex·plain

 (ĭk-splān′)
v. ex·plained, ex·plain·ing, ex·plains
v.tr.
1. To make plain or comprehensible.
2. To define; expound: We explained our plan to the committee.
3.
a. To offer reasons for or a cause of; justify: explain an error.
b. To offer reasons for the actions, beliefs, or remarks of (oneself).
v.intr.
To make something plain or comprehensible: Let me explain.
Phrasal Verb:
explain away
To dismiss or minimize the significance of (something) by means of an explanation or excuse: There is no way to explain away my carelessness.

[Middle English explanen, from Latin explānāre : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + plānus, clear; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

ex·plain′a·ble adj.
Synonyms: explain, elucidate, explicate, interpret, construe
These verbs mean to make the nature or meaning of something understandable. Explain is the most widely applicable: The professor used a diagram to explain the theory of continental drift. The manual explained how the new software worked. To elucidate is to throw light on something complex: "Man's whole life and environment have been laid open and elucidated" (Thomas Carlyle).
Explicate implies detailed and usually learned and lengthy exploration or analysis: "Ordinary language philosophers tried to explicate the standards of usage" (Jerrold J. Katz).
To interpret is to reveal the underlying meaning of something by the application of special knowledge or insight: "A radiologist can interpret images made in Saudi Arabia and beamed to Boston, sending back a diagnosis within hours" (Richard Saltus).
Construe involves putting a particular construction or interpretation on something: "I take the official oath today ... with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules" (Abraham Lincoln).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.explainable - capable of being understood; "explainable phenomena"
explicable - capable of being explicated or accounted for; "explicable behavior"
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explainable

adjective
Capable of being explained or accounted for:
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Translations

explainable

[ɪksˈpleɪnəbl] ADJexplicable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

explainable

adjerklärlich; this is easily explainabledas lässt sich leicht erklären; that is explainable by …das lässt sich durch … erklären
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

explainable

[ɪksˈpleɪnəbl] adjspiegabile
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
At the moment when it was most easy for him to do so; at the moment when it became most explainable--so completely explainable that there can be no other explanation.
But that is explainable. I have had it so long, and I have prized it so much!
By an accident wholly explainable, the viscount and chevalier, aristocrats by nature, came instantly into unison; they recognized each other at once as men belonging to the same sphere.
Explainable AI: Often personal judgements still override decisions made by an AI.
One of the key features of the newly launched product is enabling complete transparency in decisions made by Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, which in turn makes decisions fully explainable.
READ:Duterte seen 'consolidating his power further' as allies sweep Senate race Pangilinan's bill requires autopsy on deaths resulting from the commission of crimes, those with unidentifiable causes, deaths under suspicious circumstances including those whose outcome may have had direct bearing from alcohol or drugs, those occurring from violence or trauma and not readily explainable by prior disease, deaths where the body remains unidentified or unclaimed, deaths in prison or when in custody of the police, and deaths of persons whose bodies are to be cremated, buried at sea, or any other form that may render them unavailable to future examinations.
Under the bill, autopsies will be mandated for deaths resulting from the commission of crimes; deaths with an unidentifiable cause; deaths under suspicious circumstances; deaths occurring from violence or trauma; operative and perioperative deaths not readily explainable by prior disease; deaths where the body remains unidentified or unclaimed; deaths in prison or in police custody; and deaths of persons to be cremated, buried at sea, or any other form that may render them unavailable to future examinations.
Whitfield, who believes the company's first half execution issues are explainable and addressed by management's actions, said that the company has "arguably the most sought after Permian acreage position." He keeps a Buy rating and $188 price target on Concho Resources shares.
But he was cleared of serious misconduct when a Teaching Regulation Agency panel ruled his conduct, while inappropriate, had been "forgivable and explainable".
Swiss banking software company Temenos (SIX: TEMN) has acquired London-based Logical Glue Ltd., a provider of Explainable AI platform with financial clients in the UK and Europe, the company said.
19 July 2019 - Swiss banking software company Temenos (SIX: TEMN) has acquired acquisition of London-based Logical Glue Ltd., a provider of Explainable AI platform with financial clients in the UK and Europe, the company said.