duck test
nounEtymology From the expression if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
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Epistemology, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences 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.
- Related terms
- duck typing, typology