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law of parsimony

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law of parsimony
n.
See Ockham's razor.
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Noun1.law of parsimony - the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred
Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony
principle, rule - a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"


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A little later Norton reminded them of Hamilton's Law of Parsimony, the application of which they immediately claimed for every reasoning process of theirs.
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