truth-function

[ trooth-fuhngk-shuhn ]

/ ˈtruθˌfʌŋk ʃən /

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noun Logic.

a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.

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OTHER WORDS FROM truth-function

truth-func·tion·al, adjectivetruth-func·tion·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby truth-function

truth, truth claim, truth-condition, truth drug, truthful, truth-function, truthiness, Truth is stranger than fiction, truth or consequences, truth serum, truth set

Example sentences from the Web for truth-function

The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist|Judnick Mayard|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The media tend to frame situations like this as aberrations, but in this case, quite the opposite is the truth.
Today’s GOP: Still Cool With Racist Pandering?|Michael Tomasky|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

And I need to ask why their truth makes me so defensive, as if my truth is the only truth.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
We are apt to think of these little ones as doing right only when under compulsion: but this is far from the truth.
Children's Ways|James Sully
To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for truth-function

truth-function

noun logic

a function that determines the truth-value of a complex sentence solely in terms of the truth-values of the component sentences without reference to their meaning

a complex sentence whose truth-value is so determined, such as a negation or conjunction

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noun logic

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WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY

truth-function

noun Logic.

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THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?

OTHER WORDS FROM truth-function

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noun logic