material implication

ma·te·ri·al im·pli·ca·tion

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Definitions of material implication words

noun material implication equivalence (def 4a). 1
noun material implication the truth-functional connective that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences and assigns the value false to it only when its antecedent is true and its consequent false, without consideration of relevance; loosely corresponds to the English if … then 0
noun material implication a compound sentence formed with this connective 0
noun material implication (logic) An implication as defined in classical propositional logic, leading to the truth of paradoxes of material implication such as , to be read as "any proposition whatsoever is a sufficient condition for a true proposition". 0

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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preposition

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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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