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equifinal, a.|ɛkwɪˈfaɪnəl|
[ad. G. äquifinal (H. Driesch 1902, in Archiv f. Entwickelungsmechanik d. Organismen XIV. 278): cf. equi-, final a.; also G. Äquifinalität.]
Having the same end or result.
1961in Webster. 1968A. Stinchcombe Constructing Social Theories iii. 81 Such an equifinal pattern suggests a functional explanation of organizational behavior in terms of uncertainty reduction. 1975Gen. Systems XX. 112/1 Cultural materialism is clearly equifinal, not homotaxial.
So ˌequifiˈnality n., the state or condition of being equifinal; equiˈfinally adv.
1908H. Driesch Sci. & Philos. of Organism i. 159, I have told you..that Tubularia..offers us a second problem of great general importance, the problem of the Equifinality of Restitutions. There indeed may occur restitutions, starting from one and the same initial state and leading to one and the same end, but using very different means, following very different ways [etc.]. 1950Science 13 Jan. 25/1 Analysis shows that closed systems cannot behave equifinally. 1966S. Beer Decision & Control xii. 288 It is possible to prove in cybernetics that if a system..is to maintain stability under disturbances not foreseen by the designer, it must behave ‘equifinally’. 1987Jrnl. Lit. Semantics XVI. 110 The argument for equifinality in the reading process emphasizes the way systematic constraint makes interpretational consensus possible. |