harmonic bounding

noun

A situation where one input-to-output mapping pair receives a set of constraint violations that is a proper subset of the set of constraint violations received by a different input-output pair.

Meanings

nounharmonic bounding (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOptimality Theoryhuman sciencesA situation where one input-to-output mapping pair receives a set of constraint violations that is a proper subset of the set of constraint violations received by a different input-output pair.
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