truth table

American  

noun

Logic, Mathematics, Computers.

1. a table that gives the truth-values of a compound sentence formed from component sentences by means of logical connectives, as AND, NOT, or OR, for every possible combination of truth-values of the component sentences.

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truth table British  

noun

1. a table, used in logic, indicating the truth-value of a compound statement for every truth-value of its component propositions

2. a similar table, used in transistor technology, to indicate the value of the output signal of a logic circuit for every value of input signal

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Etymology

Origin of truth table

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Fred Jones Jr., founder of the Southern Heritage Classic and a champion of Stein’s, a South Memphis restaurant where he and his friends, collectively known as The Truth Table, eat each week, has seen that stereotype play itself out.

From Washington Times

At the suggestion of Mrs. U., he wrote The Progress of Error; Truth, Table Talk, Expostulation, Hope, Charity, Conversation, and Retirement were added, and the whole were pub. in one vol. in 1782.

From Project Gutenberg

Cowper's first volume of poems, containing "The Progress of Error," "Truth," "Table Talk," etc., is interesting chiefly as showing how the poet was bound by the classical rules of his age.

From Project Gutenberg