| 释义 |
deˈterminacy
[f. determinate a.: see -acy.]
The quality of being determinate; determinateness, definiteness.
1873Atkinson tr. Helmholtz's Pop. Sci. Lect. 80 Yet the ear solves its problem with the greatest exactness, certainty, and determinacy. 1953C. E. Bazell Linguistic Form 108 It is the fact that different postulates tend to lead to similar solutions which guarantees the relative determinacy of phonemic as opposed to componential analysis. 1958Listener 18 Dec. 1019/2 The determinacy which exists in events where large numbers of atoms are involved. |