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overdetermine

verb

Etymology

From over- + determine.

  1. derived from determino — “to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”
  2. derived from determiner
  3. inherited from determinen
  4. prefixed as overdetermine — “over + determine”

Definitions

  1. To give too many constraints, so that no solution is available.

  2. To determine in such a way that any of the determinant's components would be sufficient…

    To determine in such a way that any of the determinant's components would be sufficient on its own to produce the consequence.

The neighborhood

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