cross-grained vs tractable

cross-grained

adj
  • Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. 

  • Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. 

tractable

adj
  • Easy to deal with or manage 

  • Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed. 

  • Capable of being shaped; malleable. 

  • Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution. 

  • Algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time. 

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