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Meaning of "parsimonious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARSIMONIOUS

parsimonious  [ˌpɑːsɪˈməʊnɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARSIMONIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parsimonious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PARSIMONIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

parsimonious

Occam's razor

Occam's razor is a principle of parsimony, economy, or succinctness used in problem-solving devised by William of Ockham. It states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. Other, more complicated solutions may ultimately prove correct, but—in the absence of certainty—the fewer assumptions that are made, the better. The application of the principle often shifts the burden of proof in a discussion. The razor states that one should proceed to simpler theories until simplicity can be traded for greater explanatory power. The simplest available theory need not be most accurate. Philosophers also point out that the exact meaning of simplest may be nuanced. Solomonoff's theory of inductive inference is a mathematically formalized Occam's Razor: shorter computable theories have more weight when calculating the probability of the next observation, using all computable theories which perfectly describe previous observations. In science, Occam's Razor is used as a heuristic to guide scientists in the development of theoretical models rather than as an arbiter between published models.

Definition of parsimonious in the English dictionary

The definition of parsimonious in the dictionary is extremely reluctant to spend money; niggardly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARSIMONIOUS


acrimonious
ˌækrɪˈməʊnɪəs
antimonious
ˌæntɪˈməʊnɪəs
Antonius
ænˈtəʊnɪəs
Ausonius
ɔːˈsəʊnɪəs
ceremonious
ˌsɛrɪˈməʊnɪəs
disharmonious
ˌdɪshɑːˈməʊnɪəs
erroneous
ɪˈrəʊnɪəs
euphonious
juːˈfəʊnɪəs
felonious
fɪˈləʊnɪəs
harmonious
hɑːˈməʊnɪəs
inharmonious
ˌɪnhɑːˈməʊnɪəs
peroneus
pəˈrəʊnɪəs
Petronius
pɪˈtrəʊnɪəs
querimonious
ˌkwɛrɪˈməʊnɪəs
sanctimonious
ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs
simonious
sɪˈməʊnɪəs
Suetonius
swiːˈtəʊnɪəs
symphonious
sɪmˈfəʊnɪəs
unceremonious
ˌʌnsɛrɪˈməʊnɪəs
unharmonious
ˌʌnhɑːˈməʊnɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARSIMONIOUS

parsable
parse
parsec
Parsee
Parseeism
parser
Parsha
Parsi
Parsifal
parsimoniously
parsimony
parsing
parsley
parsley fern
parsley piert
parsley sauce
parsnip
parson
parson bird
parson´s nose

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARSIMONIOUS

arsenious
cacophonious
calumnious
curious
delicious
hilarious
ignominious
impecunious
ingenious
insomnious
overingenious
pecunious
postliminious
previous
religious
ruthenious
sanious
selenious
serious
various

Synonyms and antonyms of parsimonious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PARSIMONIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «parsimonious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of parsimonious

Translation of «parsimonious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARSIMONIOUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

吝啬的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parsimoniosa
570 millions of speakers

English

parsimonious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किफ़ायती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شديد البخل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скупой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parcimoniosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যয়কুণ্ঠ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parcimonieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parsimonious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sparsam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倹約
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parsimonious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bủn xỉn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அந்நியமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्ट शब्दात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hasis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parsimonioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszczędne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скупий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

econom
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φειδωλή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

karig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snål
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parsimonious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parsimonious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARSIMONIOUS»

The term «parsimonious» is regularly used and occupies the 75.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARSIMONIOUS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARSIMONIOUS»

Discover the use of parsimonious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parsimonious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Parsimonious Universe: Shape and Form in the Natural World
Moving from ancient times to the nuclear age, the book looks at centuries of evidence that the physical world adheres to the principle of the economy of means - meaning that nature achieves efficiency by being rather stingy with the energy ...
Stefan Hildebrandt, Anthony Tromba, 1996
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Parsimonious Migration Three-component Three-dimensional VSP ...
Conventional Kirchoff migration can be made much faster by a priori calculation of ray incident directions, so rays are traced back only along the measured directions rather than in all possible directions.
Yogesh Agnihotri, 2006
3
Complexity Classifications of Boolean Constraint ...
Parsimonious. reductions. and. #P-completeness. Counting problems are related to one another via counting reductions and parsimonious reductions, which have stronger properties than the polynomial-time reductions used for NP problems.
Nadia Creignou, Sanjeev Khanna, Madhu Sudan, 2001
4
Single-voice Transformations: A Model for Parsimonious Voice ...
Voice leading between chords of differing cardinalities is obtained through split and fuse operations; these are formalized mathematically and generalized as parsimonious voice-leading relations between pair-ordered set classes called split ...
Brandon Derfler, 2007
5
Living Naked and Frugal: A Handbook for Parsimonious Nudity
Penhallow's "Four Laws of Naturism" ("Accept Yourself," "Respect Others," "Live Simply," and "Relax Daily") comprise the springboard for this book, which also contains a comprehensive listing of nudist resorts throughout the United States.
Paul Penhallow, Marilyn R. Lovell, 1997
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Watershed Models
CHAPTER 22 A Parsimonious Watershed Model James F. Limbrunner, Richard M. Vogel, and Steven C. Chapra A parsimonious daily water balance model that has only four adjustable parameters is presented. It combines empiricism and ...
Vijay P. Singh, Donald K. Frevert, 2005
7
Parsimonious Service Replication for Tolerating Malicious ...
We consider the subject of tolerance of the most severe kind of faults, namely Byzantine faults, through state machine replication in asynchronous environments such as the Internet.
Harigovind Venkatraj Ramasamy, 2006
8
Advances in Information Retrieval: 32nd European Conference ...
In Figure 5(b) the parsimonious word cloud of our example topic is shown. Compared to the standard TF cloud (Figure 1) , we see that frequently occurring words like 'year' and 'system' have disappeared, and are replaced by more specific ...
Cathal Gurrin, Yulan He, Gabriella Kazai, 2010
9
Before the Backbone: Views on the Origin of the Vertebrates
Lagynocystis pyramidalis (a stem cephalochordate), Anatifopsis barrandei (a stem urochordate) and Mitrocystites mitra (a stem vertebrate). The most parsimonious tree (Figure 4.22c), with 49 steps, preserves the deuteros- tome phylogeny as ...
H. Gee, 1996
10
Research In Psychology: Methods and Design
If two theories are equal in every way except that one is more parsimonious, then the simpler one is generally preferred. In psychology, the idea is normally attributed to the late-nineteenth-century British comparative psychologist Conwy Lloyd ...
C. James Goodwin, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARSIMONIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parsimonious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Waterford blaze past Dublin with brilliant second-half show
... and wove into pockets of space to deliver three points from play, the sort of tally that signals alarm bells in Waterford's parsimonious defence. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
The universe gets crowded: 'Supergirl' joins growing field of …
“As the show rolls on, we'll be far more, not parsimonious, but careful with how we roll out the villains," Heller said. “The Flash” and “Arrow” took ... «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
3
Buhari: From Washington with dignity By FEMI ADESINA
American leaders have been known to be fairly parsimonious with praises, particularly when talking about leaders of other countries. «Naija247news, Jul 15»
4
India 'A' draw 4-day match against Australia 'A'
Gurinder Sandhu continued bowling parsimonious offbreaks, using his height to extract a fair amount of bounce, and Marcus Stoinis, who had ... «Press Examiner, Jul 15»
5
Did you hear the one about Jeremy Corbyn on Twitter?
A rare smile from the self-proclaimed 'parsimonious MP' Jeremy Corbyn ... the Labour leadership candidate and self-proclaimed “parsimonious ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Who are the best tippers? Yanks for asking …
The French (or similarly parsimonious Spanish) could sit wherever they like, so long as it wasn't on my tables. The bingo moment would come if ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Arsenal v Lyon preview: Gunners striker out with injury, goalkeeper …
The 34-year-old is Wenger's only major summer signing so far, but Arsenal's parsimonious manager has been promised £200m to spend on a ... «fanatix Sport News, Jul 15»
8
Cut in housing allowance yanks the rug out from under military …
This Senate's parsimonious plan would affect only about 6 percent of those in uniform. But for families that depend on the allowance, it would ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»
9
Ambulance fee, finally
And when it comes to education spending and improving schools, the county can be just as parsimonious — rarely offering more for the annual ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
10
Snapshots And Comparisons Of 2015 Major League Soccer Salaries
The last article in this three part series gathers some comparison stats to show year to year changes, the big spenders, the more parsimonious, ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

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