Usually means: Simplest explanation is usually correct.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. Occam's razor: Merriam-Webster
  2. Occam's razor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Occam's razor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Occam's razor, Occam's razor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Occam's Razor: Vocabulary.com
  6. Occam's razor: Wiktionary
  7. Occam's razor: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Occam's razor, occams razor: Dictionary.com
  9. Occam's Razor, Occam's Razor (House), Occam's razor, Occams razor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Occam's razor: Rhymezone
  11. occams razor: FreeDictionary.org
  12. occam's razor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Occam's razor, Occams razor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Occams Razor: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Occam's Razor: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Occam's Razor: Cybernetics and Systems
  3. Occam's Razor, Occams razor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Occam's razor: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Occam's razor, Occams razor: Medical dictionary
  4. Occam's razor: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Occam's Razor: Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology
  2. Occam's razor: The Skeptic's Dictionary
  3. Occam's razor: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Occam's Razor: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  3. Occam's Razor: Extragalactic Astronomy
  4. Occam's razor: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  5. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Occams razor, occam's razor: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Occam's razor)

noun:  (epistemology) The principle of preferring the simplest of competing theories.


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