Deterministic

//dɪˌtɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to determinism.
  2. 2
    Having at most one instruction associated with any given internal state.

    "Another class, P, is a subset of NP, and includes all decision problems that can be solved by a (deterministic) Turing machine in polynomial time."

  3. 3
    Having exactly predictable time evolution.
  4. 4
    For a given particular input, always producing the same output through the same sequence of states.

    "On the other hand, if the genetic algorithm has many advantages, their computation cost is higher as compared with deterministic algorithms."

Adjective
  1. 1
    an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes wordnet

Synonyms

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settled

Example

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"Many of its behaviors can be explained from a deterministic perspective."

Etymology

From determinist + -ic.

Related phrases

deterministic Turing machine

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