adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/dɪˌtɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/
Canada, General-American:/dɪˌtɝ.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/
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Australian:/dɪˌtɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/
New-Zealand:/dəˌtøː.məˈnəs.tək/
CMU ARPABET:D IH0 T ER2 M AH0 N IH1 S T IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to determinism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: indeterministic
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having at most one instruction associated with any given internal state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nondeterministic
3
adj
Meaning 3
Having exactly predictable time evolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nondeterministic
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English determinist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English deterministic From determinist + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
детерминистки
(deterministki)
— of or relating to determinism
Bulgarian:
детерминистичен
(determinističen)
— of or relating to determinism
Catalan:
determinista
— of or relating to determinism
Czech:
deterministický
— of or relating to determinism
Finnish:
deterministinen
— of or relating to determinism
French:
déterministe
— of or relating to determinism
German:
deterministisch
— of or relating to determinism
Greek:
αιτιοκρατικός
(aitiokratikós)
— of or relating to determinism
Polish:
deterministyczny
— of or relating to determinism
Spanish:
determinístico
— of or relating to determinism
Spanish:
determinista
— of or relating to determinism
Bulgarian:
детерминиран
(determiniran)
— of a Turing machine
Catalan:
determinista
— of a Turing machine
Czech:
deterministický
— of a Turing machine
Finnish:
deterministinen
— of a Turing machine
French:
déterministe
— of a Turing machine
German:
deterministisch
— of a Turing machine
Hungarian:
determinisztikus
— of a Turing machine
Polish:
deterministyczny
— of a Turing machine
Spanish:
determinista
— of a Turing machine
Catalan:
determinista
— having exactly predictable time evolution
Finnish:
deterministinen
— having exactly predictable time evolution
French:
déterministe
— having exactly predictable time evolution
German:
deterministisch
— having exactly predictable time evolution
Hungarian:
determinisztikus
— having exactly predictable time evolution
Persian:
قطعی
— having exactly predictable time evolution
Polish:
deterministyczny
— having exactly predictable time evolution
Spanish:
determinístico
— having exactly predictable time evolution
Bulgarian:
детерминиран
(determiniran)
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
Catalan:
determinista
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
Czech:
deterministický
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
Finnish:
deterministinen
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
French:
déterministe
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
German:
deterministisch
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
Hungarian:
determinisztikus
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
Icelandic:
löggengur
— computing, producing the same output for a given input
Polish:
deterministyczny
— computing, producing the same output for a given input