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the principle that all information and events embody natural laws. A key component of naturalist writing.
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Determinism is the capacity for a computer network- driven control system to provide a piece of data every time, on time, without fail. Continuous process measurements such as temperature and pressure, where updates can be at 0.1-, 0.5-, or 1-second intervals are nondeterministic. Critical discrete applications require deterministic control and need scan times as fast as 1 millisecond to preclude lost machine cycles, damaged equipment, or injury.
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| determination |
local planning authority process to decide whether a proposed development requires planning permission.
Ãâó: www.lawsonfairbank.co.uk/planning-glossary.asp
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An action performed by a determiner (=Person) in which an association is made between a CollectingUnit and a TaxonNameUse.
Ãâó: porites.geology.uiowa.edu/entity.htm
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The idea that everything that happens, from the motions of the planets to the decay of dead plants to the actions of human beings, is determined by prior conditions. Thus there can be no free will on the part of human beings, nor can outside agents (God or the Gods) have an effect upon the course of events. The atomists were determinists in the ancient world. Many modern thinkers, under the influence of science, adopted a similar view. ...
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