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overdetermined

overdetermined adjective: having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result. Also the simple past and past participle of overdetermine.

Adjective

overdetermined (comparative more overdetermined, superlative most overdetermined)

  1. Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
    Antonyms:
    underdetermined
  2. Having more equations than variables.
  3. (usually) Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.

Also used as

overdetermined is also the simple past and past participle of overdetermine.

Antonyms of overdetermined

Forms of overdetermined

comparativemore overdetermined
superlativemost overdetermined

Origin of overdetermined

From over- + determined.

From overdetermine + -ed.

Questions about overdetermined

What does overdetermined mean?
Overdetermined means having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
What part of speech is overdetermined?
Overdetermined is an adjective.

Words near overdetermined in the dictionary

  1. overdetecting
  2. overdetection
  3. overdetects
  4. overdetermination
  5. overdetermine
  6. overdetermined
  7. overdetermines
  8. overdetermining
  9. overdeterrence
  10. overdeterrent
  11. overdevelop

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