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parsimony principle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
par-si-mony prin-ci-ple
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hypothesis that the phylogeny which includes the fewest character changes is the one most likely to be correct.

Inflected Forms

the parsimony principle (canonical)

Questions

What does parsimony principle mean?
The hypothesis that the phylogeny which includes the fewest character changes is the one most likely to be correct.

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