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Occam's razor Definition

Oc·cam's razor (äk′əmz)

noun

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

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