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Definition: Deterministic |
DeterministicAdjective1. An inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deterministic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Deterministic 1. |
Math | Permitting at most one next move at any step in a computation. (references) |
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| "Deterministic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deterministic" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 104 | 31,955 |
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Expressions using "deterministic": deterministic automaton ♦ deterministic distribution ♦ deterministic imputation ♦ deterministic models ♦ deterministic school of thought. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "deterministic": non-deterministic. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "deterministic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 确定 (Certain, Confirmative, Definite, Determinate, Determine, Determining). (various references) | |
Danish | deterministiske modeller (deterministic models), degenereret fordeling (deterministic distribution). (various references) | |
Dutch | deterministische verdeling (deterministic distribution), deterministische modellen (deterministic models). (various references) | |
Finnish | deterministinen malli (deterministic models), deterministinen jakauma (deterministic distribution), degeneroitunut jakauma (deterministic distribution), kausaalijakauma (causal distribution, degenerate distribution, deterministic distribution). (various references) | |
French | décidé (decided, determined). (various references) | |
German | entschlossen (determined, resolute, resolutely, resolved). (various references) | |
Italian | deciso (decided). (various references) | |
Korean | 결정론 (Determinism). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eterministicday.(various references) | |
Russian | детерминистический, детерминированный (algoristic). (various references) | |
Spanish | decidido (bent, decided, determined, disposed, purposeful, purposive, unflinching). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deterministic": deterministically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "deterministic": indeterministic, nondeterministic. (additional references) | |
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"Deterministic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deterministics, determinstic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deterministic" (pronounced duter'muni"stik) |
| 8 | -m u n i" s t i k | humanistic. |
| 7 | -u n i" s t i k | anachronistic, antagonistic, chauvinistic, expressionistic, hedonistic, impressionistic, mechanistic. |
| 6 | -n i" s t i k | opportunistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, ballistic, capitalistic, characteristic, coloristic, cystic, dualistic, euphemistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, futuristic, holistic, idealistic, imperialistic, individualistic, jingoistic, journalistic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, materialistic, militaristic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, oligopolistic, optimistic, pantheistic, paternalistic, patristic, pessimistic, pluralistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, sadistic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, unrealistic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-i-m-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: cimetidines, determinist, mendicities, retinitides. | |
-3 letters: cimetidine, detriments, distincter, identities, indiscreet, interdicts, interstice, iridescent, ministered, reminisced. | |
-4 letters: centesimi, cretinism, detriment, dietetics, directest, enteritis, indictees, indicters, interdict, intermits, intersect, interties, medicines, misdirect, miticides, nimieties, reincited, reincites, reindicts, reminisce, retinites, retinitis, stridence, trendiest, trinities, trisected. | |
-5 letters: centimes, centrism, centrist, citrines, citterns, crinites, demerits, desertic, dictiest, dieretic, dietetic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-i-m-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: indeterministic. | |
+3 letters: nondeterministic. | |
+4 letters: deterministically. | |
+5 letters: microdensitometric. | |
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