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nonswan

nonswan noun: that which is not a swan.

Noun

nonswan (plural nonswans)

  1. That which is not a swan.
    • This is not translated "~s," rather, it asserts the existence of at least one nonswan, and thus becomes "~Sa."1968, Henry Ehlers, Logic by way of set theory, page 294
    • Thus, faced with three instances of swans flying west to east and a nonswan (say a crow) flying east to west, an accurate inductive generalization (from this set of four instances) would be that swans fly west to east[…]1991, Derek Partridge, A New Guide to Artificial Intelligence, page 393

Forms of nonswan

pluralnonswans

Origin of nonswan

From non- + swan.

Questions about nonswan

What does nonswan mean?
Nonswan means that which is not a swan.
What part of speech is nonswan?
Nonswan is a noun.
What is the plural of nonswan?
The plural of nonswan is nonswans.

Words near nonswan in the dictionary

  1. nonsustained
  2. nonsustaining
  3. nonsustenance
  4. nonsuturable
  5. nonsutural
  6. nonswan
  7. nonswans
  8. nonswearer
  9. nonswearers
  10. nonswearing
  11. nonsweating

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