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parsimony
(encz) | parsimony,skrblictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
Parsimony
(gcide) | Parsimony \Par"si*mo*ny\, n. [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf.
parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.]
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; --
generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Awful parsimony presided generally at the table.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness;
closeness; stinginess. See Economy.
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parsimony
(wn) | parsimony
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness,
thrift, penny-pinching]
2: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess,
niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony,
parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
closeness] |
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law of parsimony
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parsimony
(encz) | parsimony,skrblictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
principle of parsimony
(encz) | principle of parsimony, n: |
law of parsimony
(wn) | law of parsimony
n 1: the principle that entities should not be multiplied
needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be
preferred [syn: Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor,
principle of parsimony, law of parsimony] |
parsimony
(wn) | parsimony
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness,
thrift, penny-pinching]
2: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess,
niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony,
parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
closeness] |
principle of parsimony
(wn) | principle of parsimony
n 1: the principle that entities should not be multiplied
needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be
preferred [syn: Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor,
principle of parsimony, law of parsimony] |
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