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predicate calculus

American  

noun

Logic.

  1. functional calculus.

predicate calculus British  

noun

  1. Also called: functional calculus.  the system of symbolic logic concerned not only with relations between propositions as wholes but also with the representation by symbols of individuals and predicates in propositions and with quantification over individuals See also propositional calculus

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Etymology

Origin of predicate calculus

First recorded in 1945–50

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