satisficing

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English

Verb

satisficing

  1. present participle and gerund of satisfice

Adjective

satisficing (not comparable)

  1. Satisfying and sufficient
    • 1956, H. A. Simon, “Rational choice and the structure of the environment”, in Psychological Review, volume 63, number 2, page 136:
      A ‘satisficing’ path, a path that will permit satisfaction at some specified level of all its needs.