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path dependence

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
path de-pen-dence
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation in which the outcome varies with the route taken.

Countable

noun

The theory that a technological option selected by the market need not be the technologically best one, because of the traction obtained by an early-introduced, technologically inferior alternative option.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

path dependences (plural) path dependency (alternative)

Phrases

lock-in

Frequently Paired Words

lock-in

Questions

What does path dependence mean?
A situation in which the outcome varies with the route taken.

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