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material conditionals

material conditionals is the plural of material conditional.

Meaning of material conditional

Noun

material conditional (plural material conditionals)

  1. A type of conditional statement used in formal logic and defined as true whenever its antecedent is false or its consequent is true, and false when its antecedent is true and its consequent is false.
    • 'A ⊃ B' represents a material conditional.

Questions about material conditionals

What is material conditionals the plural of?
Material conditionals is the plural of material conditional.

Words near material conditionals in the dictionary

  1. material breach
  2. material breaches
  3. material cause
  4. material causes
  5. material conditional
  6. material conditionals
  7. material fact
  8. material facts
  9. material handling
  10. material heresies
  11. material heresy

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