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DETERMINISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deterministic mean?
• DETERMINISTIC (adjective)
The adjective DETERMINISTIC has 1 sense:
1. an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
Familiarity information: DETERMINISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
Similar:
settled (established or decided beyond dispute or doubt)
Derivation:
determinism ((philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will)
Context examples
The fitting of data to multivariable deterministic or statistical models; extraction of the number of independent parameters that contribute to the observable value of a function; the execution of an experimental test or procedure in which multiple parameters are monitored simultaneously.
(Multiparametric Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
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