nondeterminism (English, noun)
expansion: nondeterminism (countable and uncountable, plural nondeterminisms)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The opposite of determinism: the doctrine that there are factors other than the state and immutable laws of the universe involved in the unfolding of events, such as free will.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: The property of being nondeterministic, involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: nondeterminisms
tags: plural
form: non-determinism
tags: alternative