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What's The Definition Of Occam's razor?

Occam's razor in American English
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
noun: the maxim that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity

Occam's razor in British English
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