tralse
US/tɹɔls/
tralse adjective: both true and false.
Adjective
tralse (not comparable)
- Both true and false.
- In the instance of a scientific model or theory being falsified it is proposed to describe the predicate as tralse, ie true before time t and false thereafter.1991, F.M. Akeroyd, “A practical example of Grue”, in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, volume 42, number 4
- I mean what kind of a name for a band is Tralse, anyway? True and false at the same time? I can't believe I used to think that was clever.2012, Kelly Oram, V Is for Virgin
Examples of tralse in a sentence
- Is there possibly something else / In the middle of true and false? / Could there be such a thing as / Tralse?2012, Peter Worley, Thoughtings: Puzzles, problems and paradoxes in poetry to think with:
- What we should really experience, then, is a fusion of the two, true and false, which we could more accurately record, and refer to, as tralse.2013, Micheal D. Winterburn, Secrets of the Paradox: Solving the Liar and other logical problems:
Origin of tralse
Blend of true + false.
Questions about tralse
- What does tralse mean?
- Tralse means both true and false.
- How do you use tralse in a sentence?
- Is there possibly something else / In the middle of true and false? / Could there be such a thing as / Tralse?
- What part of speech is tralse?
- Tralse is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tralse?
- Tralse is pronounced /tɹɔls/ (US).
Words near tralse in the dictionary
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