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deterministic

  • /dɪˌtɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/ UK
  • /dɪˌtɝ.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/ Canada, US
  • /dɪˌtɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/ Australia
  • /dəˌtøː.məˈnəs.tək/ New Zealand

adjective more deterministic · most deterministic

  1. Of, or relating to determinism.

    Opposite: indeterministic

  2. of a Turing machine 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.

    Opposite: nondeterministic

  3. of a system Having exactly predictable time evolution.
  4. of an algorithm 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.

    Opposite: nondeterministic

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adj of or relating to determinism

Españoldeterminístico, determinista
Françaisdéterministe
Deutschdeterministisch
Ελληνικάαιτιοκρατικός aitiokratikós

adj having exactly predictable time evolution

Españoldeterminístico
Françaisdéterministe
Deutschdeterministisch

adj of a Turing machine

Españoldeterminista
Françaisdéterministe
Deutschdeterministisch

adj computing, producing the same output for a given input

Françaisdéterministe
Deutschdeterministisch

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@misc{deterministic_2026,
  title = {deterministic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deterministic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}