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But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy.
Murray Gell-Mann

Meaning of "indeterminacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDETERMINACY

indeterminacy  [ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDETERMINACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indeterminacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INDETERMINACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Indeterminacy

Indeterminacy or underdeterminacy may refer to: ▪ Indeterminacy in computation ▪ aleatoric music and indeterminacy in music. ▪ Statically indeterminate ▪ Indeterminacy a literary term ▪ In set theory and game theory, the opposite of determinacy ▪ In biology, indeterminate growth of an organism ▪ Underdetermined system In law: ▪ Indeterminacy debate in legal theory ▪ Underdeterminacy In linguistics: ▪ Indeterminacy of translation ▪ Referential indeterminacy In philosophy: ▪ Indeterminacy ▪ Indeterminism, the belief that not all events are causally determined ▪ Deterministic system ▪ Philosophy of science Indeterminacy of theory under empirical testing. ▪ Underdetermination In physics: ▪ Quantum indeterminacy ▪ Uncertainty principle ▪ Scientific determinism...

Definition of indeterminacy in the English dictionary

The definition of indeterminacy in the dictionary is uncertainty; vagueness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDETERMINACY


athanasy
əˈθænəsɪ
determinacy
dɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ
effeminacy
ɪˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
euthanasy
juːˈθænəsɪ
feminacy
ˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
geognosy
dʒɪˈɒɡnəsɪ
importunacy
ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnəsɪ
inordinacy
ɪnˈɔːdɪnəsɪ
lunacy
ˈluːnəsɪ
obstinacy
ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ
pharmacognosy
ˌfɑːməˈkɒɡnəsɪ
Varanasi
vəˈrɑːnəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDETERMINACY

indesignate
indestructibility
indestructible
indestructibleness
indestructibly
indetectable
indetectible
indeterminable
indeterminableness
indeterminably
indeterminacy principle
indeterminate
indeterminate sentence
indeterminately
indeterminateness
indetermination
indetermined
indeterminism
indeterminist
indeterministic

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDETERMINACY

adequacy
advocacy
bureaucracy
conspiracy
delicacy
democracy
diplomacy
efficacy
fallacy
intimacy
lacy
legacy
legitimacy
literacy
pharmacy
piracy
privacy
racy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of indeterminacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «indeterminacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDETERMINACY

Find out the translation of indeterminacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indeterminacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indeterminacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不确定性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indeterminación
570 millions of speakers

English

indeterminacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

indeterminacy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدم التعيين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неопределенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indeterminação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনির্ণেয়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indétermination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketidaktentuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unbestimmtheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不確定
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불확정성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indeterminacy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không xác định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

indeterminacy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चितता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indeterminatezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieokreśloność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невизначеність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nedeterminare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απροσδιοριστία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbepaalbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obestämbarhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indeterminacy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indeterminacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDETERMINACY»

The term «indeterminacy» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.999 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDETERMINACY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indeterminacy

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4 QUOTES WITH «INDETERMINACY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indeterminacy.
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Murray Gell-Mann
If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the universe can be assigned probability.
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Murray Gell-Mann
But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy.
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Murray Gell-Mann
Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective indeterminacy.
4
Peter Straub
Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDETERMINACY»

Discover the use of indeterminacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indeterminacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Poetics of Indeterminacy: Rimbaud to Cage
In her seminal study, first published in 1981, Marjorie Perloff argues that the map of Modernist poetry needs to be redrawn to include a central tradition which cannot properly be situated within the Romantic-Symbolist tradition dominating ...
Marjorie Perloff, 1999
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Potential Images: Ambiguity and Indeterminacy in Modern Art
Potential Images also identifies the historical antecedents of this appeal to the viewer, finally proposing a conception of art in which artist and audience occupy symmetrical, equal and even interchangeable positions.
Dario Gamboni, 2002
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Indeterminacy and Intelligibility
Continuing the investigation in his earlier Individuals and individuality, Martine (philosophy, U. of Alabama) demonstrates that indeterminacy in our experience is logically bound to the determinate dimensions of thought and practice.
Brian John Martine, 1992
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Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP: Studies in Honour of ...
This book deals with the oft-neglected tensions between perspicuity and fuzziness in specialised communication.
Bassey Edem Antia, 2007
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Indeterminacy and Society
In this book Russell Hardin asserts, in his characteristically clear and uncompromising prose, "Indeterminacy in contexts of strategic interaction . . .
Russell Hardin, 2013
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Musically Sublime: Indeterminacy, Infinity, Irresolvability
This text rewrites musically the history and philosophy of the sublime.
Keine Wirth, 2009
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Radical Interpretation and Indeterminacy
McCarthy develops a theory of radical interpretation--the project of characterizing from scratch the language and attitudes of an agent or population--and applies it to the problems of indeterminacy of interpretation first described by ...
Urbana-Champaign Timothy McCarthy Professor of Philosophy University of Illinois, 2002
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The Ethics of Indeterminacy in the Novels of William Gaddis
Ethics,. Epistemology,. and. the. Narrative. of. Indeterminacy. Let no man join what God has put asunder. — Wolfgang Pauli • • • In laying claim to the idea that Gaddis's novels enact epistemological concepts in narrative form to clarify ethics,  ...
Gregory Comnes, 1994
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Time, Continuity, and Indeterminacy: A Pragmatic Engagement ...
Offers a pragmatically oriented reconstruction of the central issues of time.
Sandra B. Rosenthal, 2000
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Judgement Calls: Rhetoric, Politics, and Indeterminacy
Recently, judgment has again emerged as a highly contestatory site for philosophical, rhetorical, and cultural reflection and inquiry.This book puts into contact a variety of responses to the question of judgment in a postmodern age, ...
John M. Sloop, James P. McDaniel, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDETERMINACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indeterminacy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Embracing Digital Nationalism - Pacific Standard
As evidenced by the indeterminacy of the bailout package votes, Greece's fate lies somewhere outside its own hands. This situation has me ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
2
Greece, Neoliberalism and Politics by Other Means - Counterpunch
... premises of democracy and capitalism support local determinations ('choices') that lead to global indeterminacy. Paradoxically neoliberalism ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
3
North Neighbors: Grant to aid Fitchburg cancer center patients …
... "The Indeterminacy and Total Control of Low Flying, Plain Janes"; Peter McCollum Prize, awarded by Fitchburg Art Museum staff, James Dye ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
4
What is "I Refuse"? | Commonweal Magazine
Again in a scene that points to a worrying indeterminacy in human action and motivation, Jim makes the likelihood of their continuing friendship ... «Commonweal, Jul 15»
5
Cloud of the Impossible, by Catherine Keller
Specifically, Keller is interested in the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the physics of a cloudy world where indeterminacy, “spooky action,” ... «The Christian Century, Jul 15»
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'John Cage Was' By Jim Klosty
John Cage was a composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. He was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and ... «WAMC, Jul 15»
7
Three strikes is out
As evidence of the indeterminacy of the residual clause, Justice Scalia pointed to the Court's inability to come up with a principled standard for ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
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WHEN ATTITUDE BECOMES A FOUNDATION “Making the …
While Cage experimented and expanded the vocabulary of music via principles of indeterminacy, the never-silence of silence, and the ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»
9
Three Strikes is Out: Johnson v. United States
As evidence of the indeterminacy of the residual clause, Justice Scalia pointed to the Court's inability to come up with a principled standard for ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
10
Managing structural uncertainty
There are fundamental questions about the social and personal contracts arising out of structural indeterminacy. Flavour this advertisement for ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»

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