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Origin of propositional calculus

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby propositional calculus

proportionment, proposal, propose, proposition, propositional attitude, propositional calculus, propositional function, propositus, propound, propoxur, propoxyphene

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Besides these general theorems of formul, what remains in the algebraical calculus is the resolution of equations.
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Then wait till you see him cut for calculus, or perform for hernia.
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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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