What does "nondeterministic" mean?

Exhibiting nondeterminism; involving choices between indistinguishable possibilities.

How do you pronounce "nondeterministic"?

Pronounced //nɑndɪˌtɝmɪnˈɪstik//.

Common synonyms include: ambiguous, chaotic situation, indeterminate, probabilistic, random, random number generation.

/nɑndɪˌtɝmɪnˈɪstik/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

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Exhibiting nondeterminism; involving choices between indistinguishable possibilities. not-comparable
"Nondeterministic bottom-up tree automaton recognize the class of regular tree languages."

"Great... another day of learning about nondeterministic finite automata."

From non- + deterministic.