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overdetermined

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
overde-ter-mined
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.

adj

Having more equations than variables.

adj

Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.

verb

simple past and past participle of overdetermine

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English determined English overdetermined From over- + determined.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Mathematics.

Inflected Forms

more overdetermined (comparative) most overdetermined (superlative)

Antonyms

underdetermined

Questions

What does overdetermined mean?
Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
Where does overdetermined come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English determined English overdetermined From over- + determined.

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