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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

exclusive or en · NOUN

Etymology

exclusive + or.

Meanings

  1. Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two predicates, one is true and one is false (without specifying which is which); contrasted with inclusive or, which does not imply that one must be false.
  2. (broadly) Exclusive disjunction: the use of or to indicate that of two or more predicates, an odd number are true (without specifying which or how many); contrasted with inclusive or, which indicates only that one or more is true.
  3. An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
XOR alternative lexicographic
xor alternative lexicographic
EOR alternative lexicographic
eor alternative lexicographic
exclusive ors Number=Plur lexicographic
exclusive-or alternative lexicographic

Relateds

inclusive or

Translations (11)

fr ou exclusif (exclusive disjunction) · pl alternatywa rozłączna (exclusive disjunction) · sv exklusivt eller (exclusive disjunction) · hu kizáró vagy (exclusive disjunction) · es o exclusivo (exclusive disjunction) · pl ekskluzja (exclusive disjunction) · de exklusives Oder (exclusive disjunction) · fi poissulkeva tai (exclusive disjunction) · ru исключа́ющее «ИЛИ» (exclusive disjunction) · ja 排他的論理和 (exclusive disjunction) · fi eksklusiivinen tai (exclusive disjunction)