Definition of Predicates. Meaning of Predicates. Synonyms of Predicates

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Definition of Predicates

Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicating.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach.] 1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. 2. To found; to base. [U.S.] Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. ``Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only.' --Cudworth.
Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. --Sir M. Hale.
Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Predicated.

Meaning of Predicates from wikipedia

- predicate or predication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Predicate or predication may refer to: Predicate (grammar), in linguistics Predication (philosophy)...
- types of predicates. Based on Carlson's work, predicates have been divided into the following subclasses, which roughly pertain to how a predicate relates...
- includes predicates that apply to individual objects, other logics may allow predicates that apply to collections of objects defined by other predicates. A...
- defects. As has been said, the Porphyrian scheme classifies universals as predicates of individuals and thus involves the difficulties which gave rise to the...
- only if Y = F(X). Many treatments of predicate logic don't allow functional predicates, only relational predicates. This is useful, for example, in the...
- logic, in which there are predicates having predicates or functions as arguments, or in which quantification over predicates, functions, or both, are permitted...
- predicate's value. A more generalized and capable form is full predication. Full predication has a set of predicate registers for storing predicates (which...
- bit by each round n.: 132  Hard-core predicates of trapdoor one-way permutations (known as trapdoor predicates) can be used to construct semantically...
- a variety of reasons, still needs to be evaluated at run time. Opaque predicates have been used as watermarks, as they will be identifiable in a program's...
- (where predicates pertain to things); and, logical (where predicates are something that is said of things). Like Plato, Aristotle used predication to address...