overdetermined

English

Adjective

overdetermined (comparative more overdetermined, superlative most overdetermined)

1. (of a problem or question) which suffers so many constraints that it has no solution.
2. (linear algebra, of a system of linear equations) which has more equations than variables.
3. (usually psychoanalysis) be determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.

Translations

of linear equations

• Estonian: ülemääratud (et)
• French: surdéterminé (fr)

• Swedish: överbestämd (sv)

See also

• underdetermined