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minterms

minterms is the plural of minterm.

Meaning of minterm

Noun

minterm (plural minterms)

  1. In Boolean algebra, a product term, with a value of 1, in which each variable appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form, so that the value of the product term becomes 1).
    • A Boolean function can be expressed, canonically, as a sum of minterms, where each minterm corresponds to a row (of the function's truth table) whose output value is 1.

Questions about minterms

What is minterms the plural of?
Minterms is the plural of minterm.

Words near minterms in the dictionary

  1. minted
  2. Minteer
  3. Minteers
  4. minter
  5. minterm
  6. minterms
  7. minters
  8. Minthe
  9. Mintie moment
  10. Mintie moments
  11. mintier

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