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OR en · CCONJ

Meanings

  1. Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.
  2. A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
  3. A logic gate to implement inclusive or.
Source: en.wiktionary, “OR” (conj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

OR en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism) Initialism of operating room.
    • Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy. -- Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they? 1998, Rushmore, 00:27:55
  2. (uncountable) The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
    • The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value. 2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:
  3. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism) Initialism of official receipt.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of operations research.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism) Initialism of Olympic Record.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism) Initialism of odorant receptor.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism) Initialism of olfactory receptor.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:chiefly Wikimedia jargon, uncountable) Initialism of original research.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of other ranks.

Forms

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ORs Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

NOR

Coordinates

TR · WR · CR · MR · OB · NR

Relateds

AND · XOR · NOT · NAND

Synonyms

∨

Translations (6)

ms ATAU (logic: (noun sense)) · hu VAGY (logic: (noun sense)) · ro OR (logic: (noun sense)) · fi TAI (logic: (noun sense)) · ca OR (logic: (noun sense)) · ro SAU (logic: (noun sense))

Source: en.wiktionary, “OR” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Source: en.wiktionary, “OR” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

OR en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:postal) Abbreviation of Oregon: a state of the United States.
    alt of Oregon
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Orissa, former name of Odisha: a state of India.
    alt of Orissa