Usually means: Excess constraints beyond necessary solutions.
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  1. overdetermined: Merriam-Webster
  2. overdetermined: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overdetermined: Wordnik
  4. overdetermined: Wiktionary
  5. overdetermined: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. overdetermined: Dictionary.com
  7. Overdetermined: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. overdetermined: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. overdetermined: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (overdetermined)

adjective:  (of a problem or question) Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
adjective:  (linear algebra, of a system of linear equations) Having more equations than variables.
adjective:  (usually psychoanalysis) Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.

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