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4 dictionary results for: deterministic
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
de·ter·min·ism       [di-tur-muh-niz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
2.the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes.

[Origin: 1840–50; determine + -ism]

de·ter·min·ist, noun, adjective
de·ter·min·is·tic, adjective
de·ter·min·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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de·ter·min·ism       (dĭ-tûr'mə-nĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states of affairs.

de·ter'min·ist n., de·ter'min·is'tic adj., de·ter'min·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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deterministic

adjective
an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes 

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

deterministic
1. Describes a system whose time evolution can be predicted exactly.
Contrast probabilistic.
2. Describes an algorithm in which the correct next step depends only on the current state. This contrasts with an algorithm involving backtracking where at each point there may be several possible actions and no way to chose between them except by trying each one and backtracking if it fails.
(1995-09-22)

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