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predicate or
predication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Predicate or
predication may
refer to:
Predicate (grammar), in
linguistics Predication (philosophy)...
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predication of
universals concerning individuals (for
species is
necessarily predicated of the individual), and thus
created difficulties from
which the Aristotelian...
- The term
predicate is used in two ways in
linguistics and its subfields. The
first defines a
predicate as
everything in a
standard declarative sentence...
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operations may be
quicker to
compute using predicated instructions.
Predicated instructions with
different predicates can be
mixed with each
other and with...
- In the
criminal law of the
United States, a
predicate crime or
offense is a
crime which is a
component of a
larger crime. The
larger crime may be racketeering...
- and that
there is no
truth unless a
property is "
predicated of" something. In Plato's works,
predication is
demonstrated in the
analysis of desire. He stated...
- first-order
predicate is a
predicate that
takes only individual(s)
constants or
variables as argument(s).
Compare second-order
predicate and higher-order...
- In logic, a
predicate is a
symbol that
represents a
property or a relation. For instance, in the first-order
formula P ( a ) {\displaystyle P(a)} , the...
- In
mathematical logic, a
predicate variable is a
predicate letter which functions as a "placeholder" for a
relation (between terms), but
which has not...
- second-order
predicate is a
predicate that
takes a first-order
predicate as an argument.
Compare higher-order
predicate. The idea of
second order predication was...
