law of parsimony law of nature • law of partial pressures · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · law of parsimony · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 16 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred. Synonyms: Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 w latin small letter w U+0077 y latin small letter y U+0079