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Nearby words
proportionment, proposal, propose, proposition, propositional attitude, propositional calculus, propositional function, propositus, propound, propoxur, propoxyphene
Origin of propositional calculus
First recorded in 1900–05
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British Dictionary definitions for propositional calculus
propositional calculus
noun
the system of symbolic logic concerned only with the relations between propositions as wholes, taking no account of their internal structureCompare predicate calculus
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