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determinize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-ter-minize
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove non-determinism in an automaton; to convert a non-deterministic automaton to a deterministic one.

Etymology

Etymology tree English determine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English determinize From determine + -ize.

Inflected Forms

determinizes (present, singular) determinizing (participle, present) determinized (participle, past) determinized (past)

Derived Forms

determinizable determinization

Questions

What does determinize mean?
To remove non-determinism in an automaton; to convert a non-deterministic automaton to a deterministic one.
Where does determinize come from?
Etymology tree English determine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English determinize From determine + -ize.

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