determinize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English determine

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English determinize

From determine + -ize.

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Verb

determinize (third-person singular simple present determinizes, present participle determinizing, simple past and past participle determinized)

1. (computer science) To remove non-determinism in an automaton; to convert a non-deterministic automaton to a deterministic one.

Derived terms

• determinizable
• determinization