Every thing other is fixed , other things means does not change
Explanation: dear Matthew that is not a simple word in that context, when you have a lot of variable f(x,y,..) and when you want only understand, let us say price to quantity relation you say ceterius paribus that is all other things does not change , or not varied. That means partial differentiation in mathematical context.
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That means all (other) things being equal but that does not mean anything to asker, It is used to find out or to focus on the relation between two variable one dependent and other is independent in that context. In short, it also means partial derivative of such dependent variable with respect to independent one.
| 1964 Türkiye Local time: 23:03 Works in field Native speaker of: Turkish
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 All OTHER things being equal
Explanation: Cecilia's completely right, of course, about the idiomatic equivalent in English, but note that "ceteris" [sblative absolute] means "the rest, the remainder," as in "et cetera" [neuter nominative plural) ("and other things").
| Colin Brayton Local time: 16:03 Works in field Native speaker of: English
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