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parsimony in Portuguese

parsimony in Portuguese is parcimónia, parcimônia — parsimony means a strong unwillingness to spend money unless it is truly needed.

parsimony in Portuguese

parcimónia
noun
Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
parcimônia
noun
Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

What does "parsimony" mean?

  1. noun A strong unwillingness to spend money unless it is truly needed.
  2. noun The use of the smallest possible number of resources or explanations to solve something.
    "We used three search heuristics, Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony, to construct phylogenies from unique COI haplotypes and used default parameters for analyses unless otherwise noted."
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parsimony in a sentence

  • We used three search heuristics, Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony, to construct phylogenies from unique COI haplotypes and used default parameters for analyses unless otherwise noted.

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What is "parsimony" in Portuguese?
"parsimony" in Portuguese is parcimónia, parcimônia. parsimony means: A strong unwillingness to spend money unless it is truly needed.
Are there other ways to say "parsimony" in Portuguese?
Yes — Portuguese has 2 translations listed for "parsimony": parcimónia, parcimônia.
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