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- determinacy [dē tʉr′mi nə sē, ditʉr′mi nə sē]n.1. the state or quality of being determinate2. the condition of being determined, as in being caused or in having predictable results
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Determinacy — De*ter mi*na*cy, n. Determinateness. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Determinacy — Determined redirects here. For the 2005 heavy metal song, see Determined (song). For other uses, see Indeterminacy (disambiguation). In set theory, a branch of mathematics, determinacy is the study of under what circumstances one or the other… … Wikipedia
determinacy — mə̇nəsē, si noun ( es) Etymology: determinate + cy 1. : the quality or state of being determinate 2. a. : the condition of being definitely and unequivocally characterized … Useful english dictionary
determinacy — noun (plural cies) Date: 1873 1. the quality or state of being determinate 2. a. the state of being definitely and unequivocally characterized ; exactness b. the state of being determined or … New Collegiate Dictionary
determinacy — /di terr meuh neuh see/, n. 1. the quality of being determinate. 2. the condition of being determined or mandated. [1870 75; DETERMIN(ATE) + ACY] * * * … Universalium
determinacy — noun a) The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate. b) (game theory) The study of the circumstances under which a game has a wining strategy. Syn: determinateness … Wiktionary
determinacy — de·ter·mi·na·cy … English syllables
determinacy — de•ter•mi•na•cy [[t]dɪˈtɜr mə nə si[/t]] n. 1) cvb the quality of being determinate 2) cvb the condition of being determined • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
Axiom of determinacy — The axiom of determinacy (abbreviated as AD) is a possible axiom for set theory introduced by Jan Mycielski and Hugo Steinhaus in 1962. It refers to certain two person games of length ω with perfect information. AD states that every such game in… … Wikipedia
Borel determinacy theorem — In descriptive set theory, the Borel determinacy theorem shows that any Gale Stewart game whose winning set is a Borel set is determined, meaning that one of the two players will have a winning strategy for the game. It was proved by Donald A.… … Wikipedia
