determinacy
Americannoun
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the quality of being defined or fixed
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the condition of being predicted or deduced
Etymology
Origin of determinacy
First recorded in 1870–75; determin(ate) + -acy
Example Sentences
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“It’s a form of radical determinacy in the face of the chaotic,” he said.
From New York Times • May 27, 2021
When it came to Brian Ferneyhough's obscurely complex "Lemma-Icon-Epigram," Hodges' sheer determinacy was what proved gripping in its own right.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2018
“Flowering-time genes modulate meristem determinacy and growth form in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2010
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