Parsimony

  • 21parsimony — n. miserliness, stinginess; extreme frugality or thriftiness pÉ‘rsɪməʊnɪ / pɑːsɪmÉ™nɪ …

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  • 22parsimony — n. Stinginess, niggardliness, penuriousness, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, meanness, closeness, miserliness, frugality, economy, illiberality, savingness …

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  • 23parsimony —   adj. parsimonious.   Economy or frugality in use or application …

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  • 24parsimony — n 1. miserliness, niggardliness, penu riousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight fistedness, closefistedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness; graspingness, avidity, avarice, avariciousness, greed, cupidity, rapacity,… …

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  • 25parsimony — par·si·mo·ny …

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  • 26parsimony — See: parsimonious …

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  • 27parsimony — par•si•mo•ny [[t]ˈpɑr səˌmoʊ ni[/t]] n. extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess • Etymology: 1400–50; parcimony < L parsimōnia, parcimōnia=parsi (comb. form of parsus, ptp. of parcere to economize) or parci (comb. form of parcus… …

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  • 28parsimony — /ˈpasəməni / (say pahsuhmuhnee), Originally US / moʊni/ (say mohnee) noun extreme or excessive economy or frugality; niggardliness. {Middle English, from Latin parsimōnia, parcimōnia, literally, sparingness} Usage: The pronunciation /ˈpasəmoʊni/… …

  • 29parsimony —   n. stinginess; economy.    ♦ parsimonious, a …

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  • 30Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics) — Parsimony is a non parametric statistical method commonly used in computational phylogenetics for estimating phylogenies. Under parsimony, the preferred phylogenetic tree is the tree that requires the least evolutionary change to explain some… …

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