determinacy
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English
Etymology
From determinate + -acy.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
determinacy (countable and uncountable, plural determinacies)
- The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate.
- (mathematics) (game theory) The study of the circumstances under which a game has a winning strategy.
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- ^ “determinacy, n.”, in OED Online
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