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noun
The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: ethics, human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences
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noun
A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Borrowed from French indéterminisme, equivalent to in- + determinism.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
