de morgan's laws

De Mor·gan's laws

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dih mawr-guh nz lawz or dih mawr-guh nz law]
- /dɪ ˈmɔr gənz ˈlɔz or dɪ ˈmɔr gənz ˈlɔ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dih mawr-guh nz lawz or dih mawr-guh nz law]
- /dɪ ˈmɔr gənz ˈlɔz or dɪ ˈmɔr gənz ˈlɔ/

Definitions of de morgan's laws words

noun plural de morgan's laws (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q 3
noun de morgan's laws (used with a plural verb) Logic. two laws, one stating that the denial of the conjunction of a class of propositions is equivalent to the disjunction of the denials of a proposition, and the other stating that the denial of the disjunction of a class of propositions is equivalent to the conjunction of the denials of the propositions. 1
noun de morgan's laws (used with a singular verb) Mathematics. the theorem of set theory that the complement of the union of two sets is equal to the intersection of the complements of the sets. the theorem of set theory that the complement of the intersection of two sets is equal to the union of the complements of the sets. 1
noun de morgan's laws plural of De Morgan's law. 0

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20; named after A. De Morgan

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conjunction

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exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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