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Lemma

A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.

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Glume 76% connected

The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Header 76% connected

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

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Heading 76% connected

of Head

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Argumentation noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Assumption noun · 86% connection

a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…

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Axiom noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

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Conclusion noun · 86% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Contradiction noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Contradiction in terms noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Converse noun · 86% connection

a proposition obtained by conversion

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Corollary noun · 86% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Deduction noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Deductive reasoning noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Euclid's axiom noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Euclid's postulate noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Euclidean axiom noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Inference noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Logic noun · 86% connection

reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

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Negation noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

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Particular noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

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Posit noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, auxiliary, proposition, demonstrated, accepted.
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Affirmative noun · 78% connection

That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the p…

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Belief noun · 78% connection

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal…

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Bible noun · 78% connection

The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preliminary, auxiliary, proposition, demonstrated, accepted.
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Completeness noun · 78% connection

(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cann…

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Convertend noun · 78% connection

Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which proces…

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Existential operator noun · 78% connection

a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

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Existential quantifier noun · 78% connection

a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

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Formal system noun · 78% connection

(logic and mathematics) abstract, theoretical organization of terms and implicit relationships that is used as a tool for the analysis…

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Illogical adjective · 78% connection

Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound…

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Interchangeable adjective · 78% connection

(mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, ‘is a sister of,’…

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Logical adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.

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Logicism noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic

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