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path dependences

path dependences is the plural of path dependence.

Meaning of path dependence

Noun

path dependence (usually uncountable, plural path dependences)

  1. (countable, usually) A situation in which the outcome varies with the route taken.
  2. (usually) The theory that a technological option selected by the market need not be the technologically best one, because of the traction obtained by an early-introduced, technologically inferior alternative option.

Questions about path dependences

What is path dependences the plural of?
Path dependences is the plural of path dependence.

Words near path dependences in the dictionary

  1. Patey
  2. path
  3. path cascade
  4. path cascades
  5. path dependence
  6. path dependences
  7. path dependencies
  8. path dependency
  9. path integral formalism
  10. path length
  11. path lengths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: path dependences (page history and authors); path dependence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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