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Definitions for parsimonious
ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əspar·si·mo·nious
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Princeton's WordNet
parsimonious, penuriousadjective
excessively unwilling to spend
"parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
Wiktionary
parsimoniousadjective
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
parsimoniousadjective
Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
Etymology: From Middle English parcimony From Latin parsimonia From parcere (past participle parsus) = to spare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Parsimoniousadjective
Covetous; frugal; sparing. It is sometimes of a good, sometimes of a bad sense.
Etymology: from parsimony.
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant, than a parsimonious; for store at home draweth not his contemplations abroad, but want supplieth itself of what is next. Francis Bacon.
Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expence of many years, whereas a long parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. Addison.
Parsimonious age and rigid wisdom. Nicholas Rowe.
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Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, or Ocham's razor (Latin: novacula Occami) in philosophy is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. It is also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae). Attributed to William of Ockham, a 14th-century English philosopher and theologian, it is frequently cited as Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, which translates as "Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity", although Occam never used these exact words. Popularly, the principle is sometimes paraphrased incorrectly as "The simplest explanation is usually the best one."This philosophical razor advocates that when presented with competing hypotheses about the same prediction, one should select the solution with the fewest assumptions, and that this is not meant to be a way of choosing between hypotheses that make different predictions. Similarly, in science, Occam's razor is used as an abductive heuristic in the development of theoretical models rather than as a rigorous arbiter between candidate models.In the scientific method, Occam's razor is not considered an irrefutable principle of logic or a scientific result; the preference for simplicity in the scientific method is based on the falsifiability criterion. For each accepted explanation of a phenomenon, there may be an extremely large, perhaps even incomprehensible, number of possible and more complex alternatives. Since failing explanations can always be burdened with ad hoc hypotheses to prevent them from being falsified, simpler theories are preferable to more complex ones because they tend to be more testable.
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parsimonious
Parsimonious refers to showing extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources; being excessively frugal or stingy. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a theory or approach that is simplified or with minimal assumptions.
Webster Dictionary
Parsimoniousadjective
exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of parsimonious in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of parsimonious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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