deterministic
pronunciation
How to pronounce deterministic in British English:
UK [dɪˌtɜ:mɪ'nɪstɪk]
How to pronounce deterministic in American English:
US [dɪˌtɜmɪ'nɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
Word Origin
- deterministic (adj.)
- 1874, from determinist (see determinism) + -ic.
Example
- 1. Alternating between a deterministic and a non-deterministic node selection effectively solves the bottleneck problem .
- 2. It is an integral part of a deterministic process that is already under way .
- 3. The conjunction of the probabilistic and deterministic descriptions as well as of the macroscopic and microscopic views opens the way to a multilevel approach at the heart of present day complexity research as summarized below .
- 4. There is already a backlash against genomics , which has been oversold to consumers as a deterministic science .
- 5. This case is a deterministic one , in which identical initial conditions will always lead to the same outcome .