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truth-value
[ trooth-val-yoo ]
/ ˈtruθˌvæl yu /
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noun Logic.
the truth or falsehood of a proposition: The truth-value of “2 + 2 = 5” is falsehood.
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Origin of truth-value
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby truth-value
truth or consequences, truth serum, truth set, Truth, Sojourner, truth table, truth-value, truth-value gap, Truth will out, try, tryhard, trying
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How to use truth-value in a sentence
But we recognised in the principle of truth-value an important advance towards a theory of knowledge.
The Problem of Truth|H. Wildon Carr
British Dictionary definitions for truth-value
truth-value
noun
logic
- either of the values, true or false, that may be taken by a statement
- by analogy, any of the values that a semantic theory may accord to a statement
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Scientific definitions for truth-value
truth-value
[ trōōth′văl′yōō ]
The truth or falsity of a logical proposition.
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