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A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, game-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: game
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
零和博弈
(línghé bóyì)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Chinese Mandarin:
零和遊戲 /零和游戏
(línghé yóuxì)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Danish:
nulsumsspil
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Dutch:
nulsomspel
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Finnish:
nollasummapeli
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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French:
jeu à somme nulle
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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German:
Nullsummenspiel
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Hebrew:
משחק סכום אפס
(miskhák skhum éfes)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Icelandic:
núllsummuleikur
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Italian:
gioco a somma zero
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Japanese:
ゼロ和ゲーム
(zerowa gēmu)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Japanese:
ゼロサムゲーム
(zerosamu gēmu)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Kazakh:
антагонистік ойын
(antagonistık oiyn)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Kazakh:
тайталаспа ойын
(taitalaspa oiyn)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Kazakh:
тайталастық ойын
(taitalastyq oiyn)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Korean:
제로섬 게임
(jeroseom geim)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Persian:
بازی مجموع-صفر
(bâzi-ye majmu'-sefr)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Polish:
gra o sumie stałej
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Portuguese:
jogo de soma zero
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Russian:
антагонистическая игра
(antagonističeskaja igra)
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Spanish:
juego de suma cero
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Swedish:
nollsummespel
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others
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Vietnamese:
trò chơi có tổng bằng không
— system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others