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parsimony

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parsimony [′pär·sə‚mō·nē]
(science and technology)
The principle that the simplest scientific explanation is best.


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Parsimony is one of the best, and yet is not innocent; for it withholdeth men from works of liberality and charity.
The security of all would thus be subjected to the parsimony, improvidence, or inability of a part.
She meant this for a stab at Miss Miranda's parsimony, remembering the four spare chambers, closed from January to December; but Rebecca thought it was intended as a suggestion.
 
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