Deterministic
adjective
Something is deterministic if its result is decided by its start state and rules, not by random chance.
The game of chess is deterministic because the outcome is decided by the players' decisions, not by luck.
Often appears as...
- deterministic system
- deterministic model
adjective
In computing, an algorithm is deterministic if it gives the same output for the same input every time it runs.
A deterministic algorithm will always return the same result for the same input.
Often appears as...
- deterministic function
- deterministic programming
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Technical
adjective
In physics, deterministic means that all events are fixed by rules and laws, and nothing is left to chance.
Newtonian mechanics is a deterministic theory.
Often appears as...
- deterministic physics
- deterministic laws
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Technical
adjective
Something is deterministic if its result is decided by its start state and rules, not by random chance.
The game of chess is deterministic because the outcome is decided by the players' decisions, not by luck.
Often appears as...
- deterministic system
- deterministic model
adjective
In computing, an algorithm is deterministic if it gives the same output for the same input every time it runs.
A deterministic algorithm will always return the same result for the same input.
Often appears as...
- deterministic function
- deterministic programming
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
In physics, deterministic means that all events are fixed by rules and laws, and nothing is left to chance.
Newtonian mechanics is a deterministic theory.
Often appears as...
- deterministic physics
- deterministic laws
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3No Chance Involved
Understand that 'deterministic' implies zero reliance on luck or randomness - the outcome is predictable.
A deterministic process in manufacturing ensures consistent product quality.
Pro Tip 2/3Rule-Based Results
'Deterministic' often signifies that specific rules or laws govern the outcomes.
A deterministic approach to budgeting can help forecast future finances accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Consistent Outcomes
It means that a process or system will produce the same result every time under the same conditions.
The outcome of a deterministic test is always the same because the variables don't change.
Pro Tip 1/3No Chance Involved
Understand that 'deterministic' implies zero reliance on luck or randomness - the outcome is predictable.
A deterministic process in manufacturing ensures consistent product quality.
Pro Tip 2/3Rule-Based Results
'Deterministic' often signifies that specific rules or laws govern the outcomes.
A deterministic approach to budgeting can help forecast future finances accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Consistent Outcomes
It means that a process or system will produce the same result every time under the same conditions.
The outcome of a deterministic test is always the same because the variables don't change.
Pro Tip 1/3No Chance Involved
Understand that 'deterministic' implies zero reliance on luck or randomness - the outcome is predictable.
A deterministic process in manufacturing ensures consistent product quality.
Pro Tip 2/3Rule-Based Results
'Deterministic' often signifies that specific rules or laws govern the outcomes.
A deterministic approach to budgeting can help forecast future finances accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Consistent Outcomes
It means that a process or system will produce the same result every time under the same conditions.
The outcome of a deterministic test is always the same because the variables don't change.
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The Future of Weather...
So then if the trajectories of the balls are very close to each other, that means you either have a very good model, or there's a high level of predictability in that hurricane track, or both. These are called spaghetti plots. And it's essentially just deterministic guidance overlaid with a bunch of ensemble guidance.
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Nationalism vs....
as a historian or social critic. I mean, the industry focuses mainly on the positive sides, so it's the job of historians and philosophers and sociologists to highlight the more dangerous potential of all these new technologies. I don't think any of that is inevitable. Technology is never deterministic.
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Ron Eglash: The fractals...
And finally, he revealed the truth of the matter. And it turns out it's a pseudo-random number generator using deterministic chaos. When you have a four-bit symbol, you then put it together with another one sideways. So even plus odd gives you odd. Odd plus even gives you odd.
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Autism — what we know...
But with this, that doesn't tell us what the genes are. It doesn't even tell us in any one child, is it one gene or potentially a combination of genes? And so in fact, in some individuals with autism, it is genetic! That is, that it is one single, powerful, deterministic gene
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Technology that knows...
between how they respond to the world around them and the state of their biological systems. This is where evolutionary pressures like eating, mating and making sure we don't get eaten drive deterministic behavioral responses to information in the world.
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3 ways to make better...
computer scientists. When you're looking for life advice, computer scientists probably aren't the first people you think to talk to. Living life like a computer -- stereotypically deterministic, exhaustive and exact -- doesn't sound like a lot of fun.
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A new way to diagnose...
moment as she is isolating himself further and further so we feel sometimes that the brain is deterministic the brain determines we were going to be but in fact the brain also becomes we are and at the same time that her behaviors
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How Quantum Biology...
Biology itself, if you think of molecular biology, seems to have done very well in describing all the processes of life in terms of chemistry -- chemical reactions. And these are reductionist, deterministic chemical reactions,
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
moment by moment, as she is isolating herself further and further. So we feel sometimes that the brain is deterministic, the brain determines who we're going to be. But, in fact, the brain also becomes who we are,
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How early life...
You're, like, watching a movie of your life, with the DNA, with your remote control. You can remove an actor and add an actor. And so you have, in spite of the deterministic nature of genetics,
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The Future of Weather...
So then if the trajectories of the balls are very close to each other, that means you either have a very good model, or there's a high level of predictability in that hurricane track, or both. These are called spaghetti plots. And it's essentially just deterministic guidance overlaid with a bunch of ensemble guidance.
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
as a historian or social critic. I mean, the industry focuses mainly on the positive sides, so it's the job of historians and philosophers and sociologists to highlight the more dangerous potential of all these new technologies. I don't think any of that is inevitable. Technology is never deterministic.
Video examples
Ron Eglash: The fractals...
And finally, he revealed the truth of the matter. And it turns out it's a pseudo-random number generator using deterministic chaos. When you have a four-bit symbol, you then put it together with another one sideways. So even plus odd gives you odd. Odd plus even gives you odd.
Video examples
Autism — what we know...
But with this, that doesn't tell us what the genes are. It doesn't even tell us in any one child, is it one gene or potentially a combination of genes? And so in fact, in some individuals with autism, it is genetic! That is, that it is one single, powerful, deterministic gene
Video examples
Technology that knows...
between how they respond to the world around them and the state of their biological systems. This is where evolutionary pressures like eating, mating and making sure we don't get eaten drive deterministic behavioral responses to information in the world.
Video examples
3 ways to make better...
computer scientists. When you're looking for life advice, computer scientists probably aren't the first people you think to talk to. Living life like a computer -- stereotypically deterministic, exhaustive and exact -- doesn't sound like a lot of fun.
Video examples
A new way to diagnose...
moment as she is isolating himself further and further so we feel sometimes that the brain is deterministic the brain determines we were going to be but in fact the brain also becomes we are and at the same time that her behaviors
Video examples
How Quantum Biology...
Biology itself, if you think of molecular biology, seems to have done very well in describing all the processes of life in terms of chemistry -- chemical reactions. And these are reductionist, deterministic chemical reactions,
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
moment by moment, as she is isolating herself further and further. So we feel sometimes that the brain is deterministic, the brain determines who we're going to be. But, in fact, the brain also becomes who we are,
Video examples
How early life...
You're, like, watching a movie of your life, with the DNA, with your remote control. You can remove an actor and add an actor. And so you have, in spite of the deterministic nature of genetics,
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Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
I'm all for past influences; the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what we are at any given moment is billiard balls whose past determines our future course. That doesn't take into account that we are forever generating internal representations of positive futures and choosing among them.
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Ted Dekker
Indonesian Author
Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
People think genes are an absolute cause of traits. But the notion that the genome is the blueprint for humanity is a very bad metaphor. If you think we're hard-wired and deterministic, there should indeed be a lot more genes.
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Sean M. Carroll
American Scientist
The fact that the underlying laws of physics are deterministic and impersonal does not mean that at the human level we can't talk about ideas about reasons and goals and purposes and free will.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
The world is neither running down nor deterministic, and a strict division of order versus chaos is just wrong.
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John von Neumann
American Mathematician
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
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David Weinberger
American Author
The world is deterministic, but it's chaotic and emergent.
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Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
I'm all for past influences; the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what we are at any given moment is billiard balls whose past determines our future course. That doesn't take into account that we are forever generating internal representations of positive futures and choosing among them.
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Ted Dekker
Indonesian Author
Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
Quote examples
Craig Venter
American Scientist
People think genes are an absolute cause of traits. But the notion that the genome is the blueprint for humanity is a very bad metaphor. If you think we're hard-wired and deterministic, there should indeed be a lot more genes.
Quote examples
Sean M. Carroll
American Scientist
The fact that the underlying laws of physics are deterministic and impersonal does not mean that at the human level we can't talk about ideas about reasons and goals and purposes and free will.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic.
Quote examples
Gregory Benford
American Physicist
The world is neither running down nor deterministic, and a strict division of order versus chaos is just wrong.
Quote examples
John von Neumann
American Mathematician
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
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David Weinberger
American Author
The world is deterministic, but it's chaotic and emergent.
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