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Ashby's law

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To control variety externally, you must be able to control even more variety internally.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Ashby's law.
    alt-of

Examples

“His "Law" of Requisite Variety stated that for a system to be stable, the number⟳ of states that its control⟳ mechanism is capable of attaining (its variety) must be greater than or equal to the number⟳ of states in the system being controlled.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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