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deterministic

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1.(probability)deterministic - Describes a system whose time evolution can be predicted exactly.

Contrast probabilistic.
2.(algorithm)deterministic - Describes an algorithm in which the correct next step depends only on the current state. This contrasts with an algorithm involving backtracking where at each point there may be several possible actions and no way to chose between them except by trying each one and backtracking if it fails.
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He manifested in his dog's brain the free agency of life, by which all the generations of metaphysicians have postulated God, and by which all the deterministic philosophers have been led by the nose despite their clear denouncement of it as sheer illusion.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
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