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Occam's razor definition

Oc·cam's razor (äk′əmz)

a philosophical or scientific principle according to which the best explanation of an event is the one that is the simplest, using the fewest assumptions or hypotheses

Etymology: after William of Ockham, who used it often in analyzing problems

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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