duck test
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the expression if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
duck test (plural duck tests)
- (epistemology, philosophy) A form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.
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Translations[edit]
test for application of common sense
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