par·si·mo·ny  (pär s ə-m ō′n ē)
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n.1. Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess. 2. Adoption of the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory or in the interpretation of data, especially in accordance with the rule of Ockham's razor.
[Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimōnia, from parsus, past participle of parcere, to spare.] |
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