soundness en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English soundenes, soundnes, from Old English *sundnes, *ġesundnes (attested in onsundnes), from Proto-West Germanic *sundnassī (“soundness, health”); equivalent to sound + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian sûnens (“soundness, health”), Middle Low German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), Middle High German suntnisse (“soundness, health”), German Gesundnis (“health”).
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being sound.
- (countable) The result or product of being sound.
- (countable, uncountable) The property (of an argument) of not only being valid, but also of having true premises.
- (countable, uncountable) The property of a logical theory that whenever a wff is a theorem then it must also be valid. Symbolically, letting T represent a theory within logic L, this can be represented as the property that whenever T⊢φ is true, then T⊨φ must also be true, for any wff φ of logic L.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soundnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (15)
nn rettkomenskap (the result or product of being sound) · nn traustleik (the result or product of being sound) · nn heilskap (the result or product of being sound) · ga folláine (the state or quality of being sound) · ro trăinicie (the state or quality of being sound) · nn rettvise (the state or quality of being sound) · ro soliditate (the result or product of being sound) · ro soliditate (the state or quality of being sound) · nn rettkomenskap (the state or quality of being sound) · nn rettvise (the result or product of being sound) · ro robustețe (the state or quality of being sound) · nn traustleik (the state or quality of being sound) · ca completesa (the property of logical theory) · es completitud (the property of logical theory) · nn heilskap (the state or quality of being sound)